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Croft Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Community school
Marshall Street, Alfreton DE55 7BW · croftinfant.co.uk · 01773 832307
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 166
- 92% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 39.8%
- First language not English
- 11.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 42 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 51 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 54 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Croft Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Oct 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 25
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied