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Somercotes Infant and Nursery School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 92Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142812URN

Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Alfreton, DE55 4LY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 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

61 applications for 36 places · 139th of 184 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

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)

61 applications · 36 places offered · 35 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.2; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.3; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.9; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.0; Derbyshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.2; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Derbyshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Dashed bars: as Somercotes Infant School (URN 112499), the previous school.

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 202636611.7350.97
Sep 202519422.2180.95
Sep 202426532.0240.92
Sep 202331702.3311.00
Sep 202235692.0270.77
Sep 202125512.0251.00
Sep 202027521.9271.00
Sep 201927542.0260.96
Sep 201836571.6350.97
Sep 2017 *27542.0260.96
Sep 2016 *40611.5380.95
Sep 2015 *39842.2370.95
Sep 2014 *49791.6410.84

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  • 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142812 · 830/2016
Trust
Learners' Trust
Capacity
178 pupils · 92 on roll
Free school meals
48.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
Somercotes Infant School (URN 112499)
Address
Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Alfreton, DE55 4LY
Local authority
Derbyshire · Amber Valley

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