Henry Bradley Infant School

Community school·Infant school Chesterfield, Derbyshire·S43 1HR

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Henry Bradley Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

41 first choices, 46 places

First choices per place

0.89

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 46 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Henry Bradley Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 193
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

34.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

7.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

25.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

24.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,712

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Brimington Junior School Chesterfield · 0.4 mi 76.6 Hollingwood Primary School Chesterfield · 0.6 mi 50.9 Inkersall Spencer Academy Chesterfield · 1.0 mi 55.7 New Whittington Community Primary School Chesterfield · 1.1 mi 46.5 St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School Chesterfield · 1.3 mi 42.2 Staveley Junior School Chesterfield · 1.4 mi 38.7 Mary Swanwick Primary School Chesterfield · 1.6 mi 57.3 Calow CofE VC Primary School Chesterfield · 1.7 mi 60.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Henry Bradley Infant School is a primary school serving Chesterfield, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 193 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Henry Bradley Infant School 'Good'.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Henry Bradley Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 46 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 24.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.