Wirksworth CofE Infant School
Greenway Croft, North End, Wirksworth, Matlock, DE4 4FGOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Wirksworth CofE Infant School is a primary school in Matlock for ages 5 to 7. It is one of the 449 schools in Derbyshire. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 14 May 2024, report published 23 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 14 May 2024
Wirksworth Church of England Infant School is truly at the heart of its local community. Pupils are proud of their small, rural school. They are happy, polite and kind to each other. They enjoy spending time together. Relationships between adults and pupils are nurturing and kind. Pupils know that staff will listen to them and help with any worries that they have. As a result, pupils feel very happy and safe. The school has high expectations for pupils' learning and behaviour. Across the school, pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well. Pupils live up to the school's high expectations for their behaviour, typically behaving well. Pupils have many opportunities to help others in school and in the local area. Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school, with one comment typical of many being: 'This is a caring school that goes above and beyond for their pupils. Pupils are always supported and are involved in lots of activities. Parents and carers are involved in these too, making it feel like a community. The teachers are all exceptional; they are kind and understanding to their pupils' needs.'
What the school should improve
- Occasionally, some activity choices that staff make do not help some pupils to deepen their knowledge and skills over time, particularly where the curriculum is new and embedding. This means that, at times, the delivery of the curriculum does not ensure that all pupils learn as well as they could. The school should ensure that the curriculum is implemented consistently well, to enable pupils to develop a deep understanding of the intended curriculum.
- While the school has assessment systems in place to check how well children have developed their knowledge and skills in many areas of the early years framework, these are not all assessed robustly enough as a whole to see how well children are progressing. This means that staff cannot always check with precision what children know and can do, and therefore ensure interventions are in place to meet emerging needs. The school should continue to refine their assessment procedures to ensure that staff can reflect on what children know and thereby further improve the curriculum and its delivery.
Pupil numbers and mix
47 pupils on roll, with places for 90
Schools near Wirksworth CofE Infant School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wirksworth Junior School | 0.1 miles | Ofsted: Good | 44% met the expected standard |
| Middleton Community Primary School | 1 mile | Report card: Needs attention to strong standard | 78% met the expected standard |
| Cromford Church of England Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 29% met the expected standard |
| Carsington and Hopton Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CofE Controlled Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Poyser
- Phone
- 01629822453
- Address
- Greenway Croft, North End, Wirksworth, Matlock, DE4 4FG
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- URN
- 112864
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.