Overall Oxbridge
#1,027
5 ranked schools · -113 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
35
Offers
5
Offer rate14.3%
-8.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Founded as a Roman fort in around AD 80, Chesterfield now sits where the Rivers Rother and Hipper converge in Derbyshire, England. The crooked spire of the Church of St Mary and All Saints dominates the town centre, where a medieval street market has operated three days a week for centuries, defining local character. Approximately 76,000 residents make their homes in Chesterfield today.
Upper Newbold and Pilsley have emerged as among the town's most sought-after pockets for school catchments, with Newbold extending that school-competitive belt further east. Eastern Main Line services connect the town to Sheffield in around twenty minutes, and suburbs like Brampton and Brimington spread across the outer residential ring.
Area Performance
Across 70 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.88/10, -0.51 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Chesterfield schools
Chesterfield vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Chesterfield schools
top 56% of 14,978
top 56% of 14,978
top 64% of 3,862
top 64% of 3,862
top 65% of 2,555
top 65% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
5 ranked schools · -113 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
35
Offers
5
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
11
Offers
0
Cambridge
5 ranked schools · -311 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
24
Offers
5
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