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Ladycross Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Victoria Road, Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5JD · ladycross-school.co.uk · 0115 939 7379
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 157
- 65% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38.8%
- First language not English
- 7.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 40 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 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ladycross Infant School on 10 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 53
- 28% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (28%) with SEND