Creswell Junior School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Worksop · S80 4JD · Derbyshire
Ages 7–11
- KS270%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM58.0%
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 112814
Creswell CofE Controlled Infant and Nursery
Voluntary controlled school · Worksop · S80 4HY
Ages 3–7 · 252 pupils · Derbyshire
Ofsted
Good
Overall absence
7.6%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-01-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.3%
Unauthorised2.6%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 120
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
56
Places offered
56
1st-preference offers
56
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 72
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 56
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill115%
252 pupils · 220 places
- Pupils on roll
- 252
- Boys / girls
- 129 / 123
- School capacity
- 220
- Capacity fill
- 252 / 220 (115%)
- Free school meals
- 49.2%
- FSM pupils
- 93
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 3–7
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Derby
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Webster
Location
- Address
- Gypsy Lane, Creswell
- Postcode
- S80 4HY
- Town
- Worksop
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- District
- Bolsover
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 3–7, in Worksop, Derbyshire, 252 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 49.2%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Derby.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Whitwell Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Worksop · S80 4NR · Derbyshire
Ages 3–11
- KS259%
- Absence7.2%
- FSM39.4%
- Demand1.00
1.2 miles away
Hodthorpe Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Worksop · S80 4UT · Derbyshire
Ages 3–11
- KS20%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM36.2%
- Demand1.00
1.7 miles away
Clowne Junior School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Chesterfield · S43 4BS · Derbyshire
Ages 7–11
- KS273%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM38.3%
1.9 miles away
Clowne Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Chesterfield · S43 4DB · Derbyshire
Ages 3–7
- Absence6.7%
- FSM28.5%
- Demand0.98
2.0 miles away
Whaley Thorns Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Mansfield · NG20 9HB · Derbyshire
Ages 3–11
- KS265%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM53.8%
- Demand1.00
2.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Webster
- Telephone
- 01909721471