William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

ChesterfieldConstituency

S40 2NRPostcode

1.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

It currently serves 192 pupils. William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School is part of EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 47%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

192

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

60%

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 192
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
31 Mar 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
18 May 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.