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Ripley Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 157Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112612URN

Kirk Close, Off Highfield Way, Ripley, DE5 3RY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.4 above Derbyshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Derbyshire

107 applications for 44 places · 35th of 184 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 30 January 2024
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 2 February 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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
2.4applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Derbyshire median (2.0) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

107 applications · 44 places offered · 42 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.9; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.2; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.2; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.9; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.2; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.1; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.8; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  • 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 2026441072.4420.95
Sep 202551891.8500.98
Sep 202451971.9500.98
Sep 202344902.1441.00
Sep 2022471032.2471.00
Sep 2021481052.2481.00
Sep 2020541072.0520.96
Sep 2019531021.9520.98
Sep 201847932.0460.98
Sep 2017541072.0541.00
Sep 2016511132.2511.00
Sep 2015511082.1500.98
Sep 2014501382.8581.16

Schools nearby

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
112612 · 830/2202
Capacity
180 pupils · 157 on roll
Free school meals
40.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Kirk Close, Off Highfield Way, Ripley, DE5 3RY
Local authority
Derbyshire · Amber Valley

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