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Lenthall Infant and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 2–7Community

Dronfield, S18 2HB · Derbyshire local authority

Dronfield’s School Grade A− better than 82% of towns in England

Getting in
18/18
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
82 pupils
91% of its 90 places
Free school meals
33%
33 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Lenthall Infant and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, October 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (18 of 18)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (S18 2) sold for a median £265,000; Dronfield’s is £287,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Lenthall Infant and Nursery School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

18
families put it first for September 2026
18
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Derbyshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Derbyshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Dronfield, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.48 per place
67% got their first choice
Lenthall Infant and Nursery
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.92 per place
100% got their first choice
0.90 per place
85% got their first choice
0.86 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

79 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
12.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 39%Boys 61%
Its letter

No letter for Lenthall Infant and Nursery School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, October 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Lenthall Infant and Nursery School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in S18 2, the school’s postcode sector

Dronfield property prices →
£265,000
median sale, 215 sales in 36 months · Dronfield £287,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025S18 2Dronfield
S18 2Dronfield

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£320K
Semi-detached
£255K
Terraced
£200K
Flat
£160K
S18 2Dronfield

Homes in S18 2 sell for a little under Dronfield’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

13 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−A−BB+A−B+B+B−C−DC−Lenthall Infant and Nursery…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Dronfield, S18 2HB

Lenthall Infant and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Lenthall Infant and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 18 families put Lenthall Infant and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 18 places were offered in all.

What is Lenthall Infant and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (October 2023).

How much do houses cost near Lenthall Infant and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, S18 2, sold for a median £265,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (215 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Dronfield’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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