Schools in Chesterfield[1]

Local authority district E07000034 · 49 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 69 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 17 (25%)[4]
second 20%: 24 (35%)[4]
middle 20%: 9 (13%)[4]
fourth 20%: 8 (12%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 11 (16%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	22%[4]	30%[4]	16%[4]	14%[4]	17%[4]
Employment	36%[4]	28%[4]	14%[4]	12%[4]	10%[4]
Education and skills	22%[4]	28%[4]	17%[4]	14%[4]	19%[4]
Health and disability	62%[4]	19%[4]	14%[4]	4%[4]	0%[4]
Crime	16%[4]	33%[4]	22%[4]	13%[4]	16%[4]
Housing and services	0%[4]	6%[4]	9%[4]	35%[4]	51%[4]
Living environment	6%[4]	22%[4]	22%[4]	29%[4]	22%[4]
Children in low-income families	28%[4]	23%[4]	16%[4]	16%[4]	17%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 62.5% of 48,060 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 26.8% of 86,021 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 10.1% of 85,995 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (8)

School	Ages	Headline results
Brookfield Community School	11–18[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Netherthorpe School	11–18[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Outwood Academy Hasland Hall	11–16[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8]
Outwood Academy Newbold	11–18[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Parkside Community School	11–16[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8]
Springwell Community College	11–16[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8]
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy	11–18[2]	A8 60 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Whittington Green School	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (36)

School	Ages	Headline results
Abercrombie Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Barrow Hill Primary Academy	3–11[2]
Brampton Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 21% 2024/25[10]
Brimington Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Brockwell Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Brockwell Nursery and Infant School	3–7[2]
Cavendish Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Christ Church CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Duckmanton Primary School	2–11[2]
Dunston Primary and Nursery Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
Hady Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Hasland Infant School	3–7[2]
Hasland Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Henry Bradley Infant School	3–7[2]
Highfield Hall Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Hollingwood Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Holme Hall Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Inkersall Spencer Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Mary Swanwick Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
New Whittington Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Newbold CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Norbriggs Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Old Hall Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Poolsbrook Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 33% 2024/25[10]
Speedwell Infant School	3–7[2]
Spire Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
Spire Nursery and Infant School	2–7[2]
St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Staveley Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Walton Peak Flying High Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Westfield Infant School	5–7[2]
Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy	2–7[2]
William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School	2–11[2]	KS2 39% 2024/25[10]
Woodthorpe CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
St Peter and St Paul School	4–11[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
Ashgate Croft School	4–19[2]
Esteem North Academy	5–16[2]
Holly House Special School	7–14[2]
Include-West Bars	11–18[2]

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Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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