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The Park Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Orchard Close, Park Road, Shirebrook, Mansfield NG20 8JX · parkfed.co.uk · 01623 742663
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 227
- 91% of 250 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 25.3%
- First language not English
- 12.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 75 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 77% 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 | 60 | 75 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
Ofsted
The Park Infant & Nursery School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 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: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 14
- 6% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 50% who raised concerns
based on the 7% who had a child bullied