Schools in Chesterfield
47 state-funded schools, 15,698 pupils. 89.1% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 2 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
1 school has been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Chesterfield?
Chesterfield has 47 state-funded schools teaching 15,698 pupils. 36 primary, 8 secondary, 2 special.
What percentage of schools in Chesterfield are Good or Outstanding?
89.1% of the 46 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Chesterfield are rated Good or Outstanding: 2 Outstanding and 39 Good. 4 require improvement and 1 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in Chesterfield are rated Outstanding?
2 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in Chesterfield: St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Ashgate Croft School.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademySecondary1,358Outstanding 2024
- Ashgate Croft SchoolSpecial161Outstanding 2024
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 36 | 35 | 91.4% |
| Secondary | 8 | 8 | 87.5% |
| Special | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| Alternative provision | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Every school in Chesterfield
Showing 20 of 47 schools.
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St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 1,358 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Brookfield Community School | Secondary | 1,168 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Netherthorpe School | Secondary | 1,041 | Inadequate2025Serious weaknesses | — | OfstedWebsite |
Outwood Academy Newbold | Secondary | 1,011 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Springwell Community College | Secondary | 881 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Outwood Academy Hasland Hall | Secondary | 825 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Whittington Green School | Secondary | 649 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Parkside Community School | Secondary | 572 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Mary's Catholic Primary | Primary | 419 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Highfield Hall Primary School | Primary | 390 | Good2016 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hasland Junior School | Primary | 378 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Inkersall Spencer Academy | Primary | 377 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hady Primary School | Primary | 339 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hasland Infant School | Primary | 337 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hollingwood Primary School | Primary | 316 | Good2014 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Brampton Primary School | Primary | 303 | Requires Improvement2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Brimington Junior School | Primary | 297 | Good2014 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Dunston Primary and Nursery Academy | Primary | 255 | Requires Improvement2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Esteem North Academy | Alternative provision | 255 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Abercrombie Primary School | Primary | 247 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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