Larklands Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Larklands Infant School is a primary school in Ilkeston, Derbyshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024.
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Key facts
- Address
- Park Road, Ilkeston, DE7 5DR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Derbyshire
- Pupils on roll
- 145 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “Staff and pupils are proud to work and learn at Larklands Infant School.”
- “The school is committed to giving every pupil the best start in life.”
- “The school is ambitious for all pupils.”
To improve
- “However, some of these changes to teaching are at an early stage.”
- “Sometimes pupils are introduced to large amounts of knowledge in a single lesson.”
- “New ideas are not sufficiently broken down into manageable chunks of learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 31 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derbyshire.
- Kensington Junior Academy 0.3 mi Good
- Chaucer Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged
- Chaucer Junior School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Field House Infant School 0.5 mi Good
- St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Hallam Fields Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School 1.1 mi Not judged
- Granby Junior School 1.2 mi Not judged