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Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Devonshire Drive, Mickleover, Derby DE3 9HE · ravensdalei.derby.sch.uk · 01332 513862
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 267
- 99% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Derby
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
- First language not English
- 24.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 75 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 | 75 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 77 | 52 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 66 | 55 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 73 | 61 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 78 | 56 | 0.7 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School on 1 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Jul 2025
- 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: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Dec 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 35
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (34%) with SEND