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Field House Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Lower Whitworth Road, Ilkeston DE7 4LT · fieldhouse.derbyshire.sch.uk · 0115 932 4526
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 201
- 21 over 180 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30%
- First language not English
- 5.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 71 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 83% 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 | 59 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 73 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 51 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
Ofsted
Field House Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 3 Oct 2023
- 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, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112574), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires 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 112574)
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112574)
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (74 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 74
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (26%) with SEND