Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School, Chesterfield

The school runs a breakfast club.

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School as their first choice and 61 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School are Calow CofE VC Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 82% reading, 82% maths); Henry Bradley Infant School (1 mile, Good); Hady Primary School (1.1 miles, 77% reading, 72% maths); and Inkersall Spencer Academy (1.1 miles, Good, 77% reading, 73% maths).

Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School is one of 21 schools run by Learners' Trust, an academy trust.

15.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (85%) and Black (7%).

Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School had 5 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Chesterfield Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Methodist Church (adjacent), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 83 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School issued 3 suspensions, 4.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.