The Brigg Infant School
The Brigg Infant School is a converter academy in Alfreton for boys and girls aged 5 to 7. It has 131 pupils and room for 180. About 35 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
39 South Street, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE55 2DA01773 811317brigg.derbyshire.sch.ukMs Chelsea Williams headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
33 places were empty (18% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
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: language and communications needs (15), Autistic spectrum disorder (6), Other difficulty or disability (5), Hearing impairment (1), Physical disability (1), emotional and mental health (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.7% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 2.7% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.8% | 3.9% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 2.4% | 3.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.0% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 11.1% | 12.6% | 10.9% | 19.1% | 6.4% | 9.2% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for The Brigg Infant School, the school this one replaced in May 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glebe Junior School | Academy | 540 m | 365 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| The Green Flying High Academy | Academy | 600 m | 156 | No overall grade 2024 | 97 | Compare |
| John King Infant Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 90 | Outstanding 2024 | 89 | Compare |
| Kirkstead Junior Academy | Academy | 1.2 miles | 216 | Good 2022 | 93 | Compare |
| Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School | Council | 1.3 miles | 122 | Report card 2026 | 32 | Compare |
| Longwood Infant Academy | Academy | 1.4 miles | 49 | Outstanding 2023 | 94 | Compare |
| Newton Primary School | Council | 1.7 miles | 148 | Good 2023 | 69 | Compare |
| Leys Junior School | Council | 1.7 miles | 160 | Good 2023 | 47 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Brigg Infant School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Brigg Infant School yet.
How many pupils does The Brigg Infant School have?
131 pupils aged 5 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 73% full.
Is The Brigg Infant School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 33 places were empty in 2024/25 (18% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at The Brigg Infant School?
Pupils were in school 95.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 11% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at The Brigg Infant School?
The average class had 21.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 39 South Street, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE55 2DA
- Telephone
- 01773 811317
- Website
- www.brigg.derbyshire.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Chelsea Williams
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 5-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Embark Multi Academy Trust (29 schools)
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Ward
- South Normanton East
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 May 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151464 · LAESTAB 8302227 · UKPRN 10096994
- Formerly
- The Brigg Infant School
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 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.