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Chellaston Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
School Lane, Chellaston, Derby DE73 6TA · cijschool.org · 01332 318799
On the mapSearch near DE73 6TA
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 215
- 60% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Derby
- Free school meals
- 24.7%
- First language not English
- 12.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 54 families put the school first and 57 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 | 57 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 65 | 58 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 80 | 71 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 80 | 67 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Chellaston Infant School on 11 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 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, May 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112754), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112754)
Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112754)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 57
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied