Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy, Chesterfield

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a very happy, creative, forward thinking and innovative school, enabling us to offer the very best start to the education of your children. We are incredibly proud of our pupils who are kind, caring and have a real love of learning."

The school runs a breakfast club.

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy as their first choice and 29 named it as one of their preferences, for 14 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 Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy are Cavendish Junior School (0.2 miles, Good, 60% reading, 57% maths); Newbold CofE Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 87% maths); Dunston Primary and Nursery Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 49% reading, 51% maths); and Mary Swanwick Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 91% reading, 91% maths).

Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy is one of 10 schools run by Minerva Learning Trust, an academy trust.

50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 2.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (84%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 6 pupils (8.8%) received SEN support and 3 (4.4%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy had 4 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 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 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

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

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 229 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.

Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy are Outwood Academy Newbold (0.6 miles); Whittington Green School (1 mile); and St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (1 mile).