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The Bolsover School

Chesterfield, S44 6XA · Derbyshire · secondary school

Ofsted report card · 2025 Lowest area: Expected standard Mixed Secondary
3.0/10 Below average

32nd of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 6.2/10 against 555 of them, against 3.9/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 15 35% 0.51
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 42.7 · 47 30% 1.42
Progress 8 2023/24 -0.32 · 26 25% 0.64
Attainment 8 2024/25 45.0 · 46 10% 0.46

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

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