Ashgate Croft School

State-Funded School

ashgate-croft-school-derbyshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

ChesterfieldConstituency

S40 4BNPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ashgate Croft School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 160 pupils. Ashgate Croft School is part of LEARNERS' TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

160

Total Pupils

73%Boys

27%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

61%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 160
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: LEARNERS' TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 7 February 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
22 Oct 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.