Wirksworth CofE Infant School

Voluntary controlled school·Infant school Matlock, Derbyshire·DE4 4FG

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Wirksworth CofE Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. 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%

9 first choices, 9 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 9 places

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

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 Wirksworth CofE 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

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 58
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

27.6%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

8.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

14.5

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£10,992

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Wirksworth Junior School Matlock · 0.2 mi 33.3 Middleton Community Primary School Matlock · 1.2 mi 83.4 Cromford Church of England Primary School Matlock · 1.6 mi 35.2 Bonsall CofE (A) Primary School Matlock · 2.5 mi 37.1 Lea Primary School Matlock · 2.8 mi 53.9 St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery School Matlock · 3.2 mi 47.4 Crich Junior School Matlock · 3.9 mi 48.1 Castle View Primary School Matlock · 4.0 mi 21.4

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

Wirksworth CofE Infant School is a primary school serving Matlock, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 58 pupils aged 5 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Wirksworth CofE Infant School 'Good'.

Wirksworth CofE Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 9 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 14.5 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.