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Pear Tree Infant School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 266Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112728URN

Pear Tree Street, Normanton, Pear Tree Infant School, Pear Tree Street, Derby, De23 8pn, Derby, DE23 8PN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.2 below Derby median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Derby

101 applications for 54 places · 41st of 59 in Derby
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 November 2022Ofsted'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
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.2 below Derby median (2.1) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

101 applications · 54 places offered · 54 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Derby median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.0; Derby median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.4; Derby median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.5; Derby median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.2; Derby median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.2; Derby median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.3; Derby median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.2; Derby median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.2; Derby median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.2; Derby median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.2; Derby median median 1.7
  12. 2015 1.2; Derby median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.6; Derby median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Derby median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Derby 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 2026541011.9541.00
Sep 2025651272.0600.92
Sep 202464911.4590.92
Sep 202356811.5540.96
Sep 202266821.2590.89
Sep 202161741.2510.84
Sep 202058771.3440.76
Sep 201970861.2490.70
Sep 201880981.2520.65
Sep 201774921.2540.73
Sep 201677911.2480.62
Sep 201579981.2460.58
Sep 2014691081.6570.83

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
112728 · 831/2424
Capacity
270 pupils · 266 on roll
Free school meals
65.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Replaced
Walbrook Nursery School (URN 112475)
Address
Pear Tree Street, Normanton, Pear Tree Infant School, Pear Tree Street, Derby, De23 8pn, Derby, DE23 8PN
Local authority
Derby

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