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Unstone St Mary's Nursery & Infant School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 50Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112643URN

Crow Lane, Unstone, Dronfield, S18 4AL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
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

28 applications for 17 places · 145th of 184 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 14 May 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

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)

28 applications · 17 places offered · 16 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.4; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  6. 2021 1.2; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.3; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.3; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Derbyshire median in 1 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 202617281.7160.94
Sep 20257172.471.00
Sep 20248141.881.00
Sep 202310151.5101.00
Sep 20227121.771.00
Sep 202114171.2130.93
Sep 20208162.070.88
Sep 201911171.680.73
Sep 201816211.3161.00
Sep 20179131.480.89
Sep 201610171.790.90
Sep 201512161.3110.92
Sep 201411171.6100.91

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
112643 · 830/2262
Capacity
49 pupils · 50 on roll
Free school meals
36.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Crow Lane, Unstone, Dronfield, S18 4AL
Local authority
Derbyshire · North East Derbyshire

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