Living in Dronfield with children
Dronfield, Derbyshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 21,161 people in 9,468 households; 25.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
14 schools: 13 state primary, 1 state secondaryDronfield on the schools map →Every school in Dronfield, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (13)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penny Acres Primary School | School remains Good | Top 5% (11/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| William Levick Primary School | School remains Good | Top 12% (29/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 21% (54/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Dronfield Stonelow Junior School | Good | Top 22% (57/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Northfield Junior School | School remains Good | Top 23% (59/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Gorseybrigg Primary School and Nursery | School remains Good | Top 26% (66/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Unstone Junior School | Ofsted report card | Top 40% (104/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Dronfield Junior School | Good | (142/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Barlow CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (170/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Dronfield Infant School | Good | — | — |
| Holmesdale Infant School | Good | — | — |
| Lenthall Infant and Nursery School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Unstone St Mary's Nursery & Infant School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School | Good | Top 20% (9/45) in Derbyshire | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (96 detached, 98 semi-detached, 26 terraced, 10 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Dronfield. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Dronfield →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 81% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 96%, on average across the 556 postcodes in S18. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 7 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 8 in Derbyshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 10 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Derbyshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Derbyshire.
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