Lons Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Ripley, Derbyshire
Lons Infant School is a primary school in Ripley, Derbyshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 23 April 2025.
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Key facts
- Address
- Tavistock Avenue, Ripley, DE5 3SE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Derbyshire
- Pupils on roll
- 40 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 23 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and respectful.”
- “The school ensures that pupils can share any worries and concerns they might have.”
To improve
- “However, there are few opportunities for pupils to organise their ideas and write their own explanations of what they have studied.”
- “This means that they are not deepening their knowledge and skills as well as they could.”
- “However, some pupils have misconceptions which are not quickly identified.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Ripley Junior School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ripley Infant School 0.7 mi Good
- Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Swanwick Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged
- Waingroves Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Street Lane Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good
- Heage Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade