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Somercotes Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Sponsored academy
Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Alfreton DE55 4LY · learnerstrust.org · 01773 608678
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 92
- 52% of 178 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 48.9%
- First language not English
- 7.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Learners' Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 36 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 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 19 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 35 | 27 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Somercotes Infant and Nursery School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 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 | Outstanding |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112499), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2015Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112499)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 21
- 19% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (48%) with SEND