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Larklands Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Park Road, Ilkeston DE7 5DR · larklandsinfants.co.uk · 0115 932 4288
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 145
- 81% of 179 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.1%
- First language not English
- 8.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 37 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 | 37 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 42 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Larklands Infant School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 18
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 33% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied