Cavendish Close Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Derby
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Derby City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cavendish Close Infant School is a primary school in Derby for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 May 2022. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cavendish Close Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, and 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome did the same.
- There were 65 first-choice applications for 68 Reception 2026 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 24.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 26.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 37.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Derby schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wood Road, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 4LY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 287 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 May 2022
Strengths
- “Cavendish Close Infant School is a place where pupils feel safe, welcome and part of a caring community.”
- “They are greeted warmly each day by familiar adults who know them well.”
- “Clear, established routines help most pupils attend well and settle quickly.”
To improve
- “However, some of their knowledge of other curriculum areas is not firmly secure.”
- “Some variations in how well the curriculum is taught means that pupils cannot always recall important knowledge over time.”
- “In some subjects, pupils do not secure key knowledge consistently.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 65 first-preference applications, 68 offers in total, 65 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derby.
- Cavendish Close Junior Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chaddesden Park Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkview Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Roe Farm Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Breadsall Hill Top Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cherry Tree Hill Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Meadow Farm Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published