Deer Park Primary School is a mixed local-authority maintained primary school in Chesterfield, Derbyshire County Council, teaching 338 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2026–2027 school year runs from 4 September 2026 to 26 July 2027.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Deer Park Primary School.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Early yearsGood
S5 Inspection · Inspected 22 Oct 2024 · Published 21 Nov 2024
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2026–2027

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Deer Park Primary School.

Deer Park Primary School term dates calendar 2026–2027
Official term-dates calendar · 2026–2027 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 4 INSET DAYS 2026-2027
  • 4–30 Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2
October 2026
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  • 1–31 Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2
November 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2
  • 2 INSET DAYS 2026-2027
December 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–18 Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2
January 2027
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4–31 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2
  • 8 INSET DAYS 2026-2027
February 2027
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 1–28 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2
March 2027
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–25 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2
April 2027
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 12–30 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2
May 2027
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2
  • 3 BANK HOLIDAY
  • 28 INSET DAYS 2026-2027
June 2027
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2
July 2027
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–26 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2
  • 26 INSET DAYS 2026-2027

Key dates (2026–2027)

  • INSET DAYS 2026-2027 Sep 4, 2026 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Sep 4, 2026-Dec 18, 2026 Term
  • INSET DAYS 2026-2027 Nov 2, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Jan 4, 2027-Mar 25, 2027 Term
  • INSET DAYS 2026-2027 Jan 8, 2027 Inset Day
  • Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2 Apr 12, 2027-Jul 26, 2027 Term
  • BANK HOLIDAY May 3, 2027 Bank Holiday
  • INSET DAYS 2026-2027 May 28, 2027 Inset Day
  • INSET DAYS 2026-2027 Jul 26, 2027 Inset Day

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
75% Expected standard at KS2 England 62% Top 23%
5.7% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 11%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Deer Park Primary School with Derbyshire County Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 75% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Derbyshire County Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 75%
Derbyshire County Council 59% England 62% +13 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 109
Derbyshire County Council 105 England 106 +3 vs England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 106
Derbyshire County Council 104 England 105 in line with England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 48
Attendance 5.7% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Derbyshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 5.7%
Derbyshire County Council 15.7% England 17.8% -12.1 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 4.2%
Derbyshire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% -2.6 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Deer Park Primary School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Deer Park Primary School than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.