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Esteem North Academy

Pupil referral unit / alternative provision · ages 5-16MixedAcademy alternative provision converter229 pupilsChesterfieldDerbyshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, February 2024
Pupils from low-income families80%Far more than most schools
PlacesFull229 pupils, 100 places
Pupils per teacher7.6School workforce census
Pupils on roll229Census January 2026

Esteem North Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in Chesterfield for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 229 pupils, 129 more than it has places for. About 80 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.

The Green, Hasland, Chesterfield, S41 0LN01246 237640esteemnorthacademy.co.ukMrs Janine Dix senior head of centreAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 13 February 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Derbyshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll229Census January 2026
Places100229% full
Pupils from low-income families80%80% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English2%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support79%181 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan21%48 pupils with a plan
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)76%£202,650 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls155 / 74
White British pupils93%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (143), Moderate learning difficulty (28), language and communications needs (27), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (12), Autistic spectrum disorder (9), Other difficulty or disability (3).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll2292552281276475
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals80%79%71%68%48%59%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2%1%1%1%0%0%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support83%86%93%84%87%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans17%15%7%9%13%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

Where the 41 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.

Still in education, work or training39%and stayed there for at least six months

Among pupils from low-income families it was 40%, compared with 36% for everyone else.

Earlier years
Destination2022/23 leavers2021/22 leavers2020/21 leavers
Still in education, work or training39%65%58%
Education32%48%52%
Apprenticeship2%7%0%
Work5%10%7%
Not in education, work or training39%16%29%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers30.9full-time equivalent, 32 people
Pupils per teacher7.6Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers97%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants38.3full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£50,535
Teachers who left in the year15%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies1
Sick days per teacher3.32024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£23,223England £7,128. Total £6.4m
Income per pupil£21,299England £7,587. Total £5.8m
Spent on teachers per pupil£7,799England £3,405
Money in reserve17%A healthy amount put by: £967k, £3,527 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out-£527kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£23,223spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m24212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate96 per 1,000 people6% higher than the England average
Typical house price£195,000Chesterfield
Nearest bus stop40 mStorforth Lane, 27 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Outwood Academy Hasland HallAcademy200 m847Good 202356Compare
Hasland Junior SchoolCouncil320 m379Report card 202659Compare
Hasland Infant SchoolCouncil460 m312Good 202257Compare
Spire Nursery and Infant SchoolCouncil0.8 miles180Good 202333Compare
Spire Junior SchoolCouncil0.9 miles154Good 20229Compare
Hady Primary SchoolAcademy1.0 miles328Good 202440Compare
St Peter and St Paul SchoolIndependent1.2 miles134Not inspectedCompare
Walton Peak Flying High AcademyAcademy1.2 miles135Good 202452Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Esteem North Academy a good school?

Esteem North Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in February 2024.

What is Esteem North Academy's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Esteem North Academy good at its last full inspection on 13 February 2024.

How many pupils does Esteem North Academy have?

229 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 100 places, so it is 229% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
The Green, Hasland, Chesterfield, S41 0LN
Telephone
01246 237640
Website
www.esteemnorthacademy.co.uk
Senior Head of Centre
Mrs Janine Dix
Type of school
Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
Phase
Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Esteem Multi-Academy Trust (14 schools)
Local authority
Derbyshire
Ward
Hasland
Constituency
Chesterfield
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 August 2019 (academy converter)
URN
146057 · LAESTAB 8301111 · UKPRN 10083912
Formerly
North East Derbyshire Support Centre

Where these figures come from