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Unstone St Mary's Nursery & Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Crow Lane, Unstone, Dronfield S18 4AL · unstone.derbyshire.sch.uk · 01246 412096
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 50
- 1 over 49 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.6%
- First language not English
- 6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 17 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 | 17 | 16 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Unstone St Mary's Nursery & Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding May 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (24 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 24
- 56% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied