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Portway Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Community school
Woodlands Road, Allestree, Derby DE22 2HE · portwayi.derby.sch.uk · 01332 550702
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 168
- 93% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Derby
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
- First language not English
- 5.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 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 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 37 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Portway Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 38
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied