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Corfield CofE Infant School

Primary · Heanor · DE75 7GQ

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Urgent improvementEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 February 2026 · report published 17 May 2026

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At a glance

81 pupils · 90% of 90 capacity

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
24.7% of pupils
English as additional language
3.7% of pupils
SEN support
25.9% of pupils
EHC plan
0% of pupils
Website
www.corfield.derbyshire.sch.uk
URN
112826

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,185
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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