Esteem South Academy
Esteem South Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in Swadlincote for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 25 pupils and room for 26. 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 2023.
Memorial Hall, Main Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TW01283 550667esteemsouth.co.ukMrs Janine Dix senior head of centreAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 24 January 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
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.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (15), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 25 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 80% | 94% | 60% | 83% | 67% | 60% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 63% | 87% | 67% | 44% | 67% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 19% | 13% | 0% | 33% | 33% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 6 pupils who left in 2020/21 were a year later.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
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.
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
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newhall Junior School | Academy | 180 m | 284 | Requires improvement 2021 | 2 | Compare |
| Mercia Academy | Academy | 300 m | 592 | No overall grade 2025 | 10 | Compare |
| Newhall Infant School | Council | 320 m | 175 | Good 2023 | 10 | Compare |
| Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School | Foundation | 590 m | 207 | Good 2019 | 64 | Compare |
| The Pingle Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,363 | Report card 2026 | 16 | Compare |
| Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 155 | No overall grade 2024 | 9 | Compare |
| St Edward's Catholic Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 248 | Good 2019 | 13 | Compare |
| Springfield Junior School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 182 | Good 2024 | 6 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Esteem South Academy a good school?
Esteem South Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in January 2023.
What is Esteem South Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Esteem South Academy good at its last full inspection on 24 January 2023.
How many pupils does Esteem South Academy have?
25 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 26 places, so it is 96% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Memorial Hall, Main Street, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0TW
- Telephone
- 01283 550667
- Website
- www.esteemsouth.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
- Newhall and Stanton
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 August 2018 (academy converter)
- URN
- 146056 · LAESTAB 8301106 · UKPRN 10068374
- Formerly
- South Derbyshire Support Centre
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.