Oakwood Infant and Nursery 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 🔒
Oakwood Infant and Nursery 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 17 May 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Oakwood Infant and Nursery 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, as at 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 71 first-choice applications for 71 Reception 2026 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 30.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 17 May 2023, was that the school remains Good.
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
- Waldene Drive, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0GZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 296 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive school.”
- “They say that staff make them feel welcome when greeted each morning.”
- “Everyone treats each other with respect and relationships are positive.”
To improve
- “Some pupils occasionally struggle with school life.”
- “Pupils say that bullying sometimes happens.”
- “However, leaders have a little more work to do in a few subjects to make sure that pupils deepen their knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 71 first-preference applications, 71 offers in total, 71 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.
- Oakwood Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- Wyndham Spencer Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alvaston Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alvaston Junior Academy 0.4 mi Requires improvement
- Oak Grange Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Landau Forte Academy Moorhead 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Allenton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published