Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Derby
Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Derby for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 July 2025. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Devonshire Drive, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9HE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 267 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 July 2025
Strengths
- “The school provides a caring and nurturing ethos that enables pupils to fulfil the three school values to be ‘ready, respectful, engaged’.”
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy their learning.”
- “Positive relationships effectively support pupils’ mental health and well-being.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the curriculum is in the process of being revisited and refined.”
- “Similarly, in the early years, the revised curriculum is still being embedded.”
- “The school has rightly identified early writing as an area of immediate focus, aiming to develop a more systematic approach to the teaching of writing skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 69 first-preference applications, 75 offers in total, 69 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2024 to 2026, as Derby published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derby.
- Ravensdale Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- Mickleover Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Silverhill Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hackwood Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wren Park Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brookfield Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Reigate Park Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Brackensdale Spencer Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published