Chellaston Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · 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 🔒
Chellaston Infant School is a primary school in Derby for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Chellaston 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 46 of the 61 other Derby primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 2026 Reception entry had 54 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 18.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby.
- 24.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.7% 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
- School Lane, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 6TA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Chellaston Infant School is a united school.”
- “The school makes sure that there is a culture of ambition.”
- “Pupils and staff are restless to become even better.”
To improve
- “However, the school is still developing some aspects of leadership, particularly checking how well the curriculum is being implemented.”
- “Subject leaders do not always provide clear guidance on how to improve the teaching of their curriculum subjects.”
- “As a consequence, a few pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 54 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.
- Chellaston Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Homefields Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Oak Grange Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shelton Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Shelton Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oakwood Junior School 1.3 mi Good
- Oakwood Infant and Nursery School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Landau Forte Academy Moorhead 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published