Inkersall Spencer Academy, Chesterfield

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades Inkersall Spencer Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Overall, the school prepares pupils well for future learning."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Most pupils attend school regularly, arriving on time."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum makes clear the key knowledge pupils will learn in all subjects on their journey through school."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders strengthened the early years provision and recent improvements are impacting positively on children's preparation for their next stages."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Recognising a significant increase to very high numbers of vulnerable pupils, leaders strengthened their systems around inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, at all levels, have an insightful understanding of the school's community."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school provides a thorough and well-considered programme to support pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure teaching is consistently effective, particularly by ensuring that teachers check pupils' learning robustly and adapt teaching and activities to address their misconceptions. This includes gaps in handwriting, spelling and punctuation"; "Leaders should ensure that the barriers to learning for all pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified precisely. They should ensure that the adaptations staff make consistently support pupils to overcome barriers to learning and support their longer-term success".

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Inkersall Spencer Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Derbyshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 60% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 49 families put Inkersall Spencer Academy as their first choice and 96 named it as one of their preferences, for 52 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 Inkersall Spencer Academy are St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 85% reading, 80% maths); Hollingwood Primary School (0.7 miles, 74% reading, 82% maths); Staveley Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 70% reading, 77% maths); and Speedwell Infant School (0.9 miles, Good).

Inkersall Spencer Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Inkersall Spencer Academy is one of 27 schools run by The Spencer Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

41.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 93 pupils (24.6%) received SEN support and 23 (6.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Inkersall Spencer Academy had 22 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 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 2.4 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (opposite), 130 metres away.

In 2024/25, Inkersall Spencer Academy issued 14 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Inkersall Spencer Academy are Springwell Community College (0.3 miles) and Netherthorpe School (1.4 miles).