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John King Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Church Street West, Pinxton NG16 6NB · pvacademies.co.uk · 01773 303420
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 90
- 75% of 120 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 37.8%
- First language not English
- 3.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Flying High Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 30 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 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
John King Infant Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112607), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112607)
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 26
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 54% who raised concerns
based on the 15% who had a child bullied