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Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Queen's Drive, Swadlincote DE11 0EG · elmsleighinfantschool.co.uk · 01283 216883
On the mapSearch near DE11 0EG
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 155
- 86% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 46.5%
- First language not English
- 8.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 38 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 | 38 | 30 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 31 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 38 | 32 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School on 22 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 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 | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112694), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112694)
May 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112694)
Nov 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112694)
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 19
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (68%) with SEND