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Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 229Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112570URN

Beauvale Drive, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, DE7 8RR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.4 below Derbyshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Derbyshire

80 applications for 48 places · 143rd of 184 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 17 March 2026Published 13 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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Inspection history

  1. 17 March 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 17 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Derbyshire median (2.0) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

80 applications · 48 places offered · 45 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.9; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  6. 2021 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.2; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Derbyshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202648801.7450.94
Sep 202556841.5550.98
Sep 202462961.6621.00
Sep 202347901.9471.00
Sep 2022631041.7610.97
Sep 202151811.6511.00
Sep 202049811.7491.00
Sep 201960861.4470.78
Sep 201867921.4600.90
Sep 201767961.4660.99
Sep 201656801.4550.98
Sep 201573881.2620.85
Sep 201461921.5611.00

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
112570 · 830/2139
Capacity
240 pupils · 229 on roll
Free school meals
68.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Beauvale Drive, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, DE7 8RR
Local authority
Derbyshire · Erewash

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources