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Larklands Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

Ilkeston, DE7 5DR · Derbyshire local authority

Ilkeston’s School Grade C− better than 25% of towns in England

Getting in
31/31
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
145 pupils
81% of its 179 places
Free school meals
33%
33 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Larklands Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Inspected, October 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (31 of 31)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DE7 5) sold for a median £170,000; Ilkeston’s is £175,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Larklands Infant School?

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

31
families put it first for September 2026
37
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
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (2). 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 Ilkeston, September 2026

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

1.20 per place
83% got their first choice
1.00 per place
96% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
Larklands Infant
0.84 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

154 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
28.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
7.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 55%Boys 45%
Its letter

No letter for Larklands Infant 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: Standards maintained, October 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Larklands Infant School

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

Home prices in DE7 5, the school’s postcode sector

Ilkeston property prices →
£170,000
median sale, 397 sales in 36 months · Ilkeston £175,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025DE7 5Ilkeston
DE7 5Ilkeston

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£267K
Semi-detached
£180K
Terraced
£135K
Flat
£96K
DE7 5Ilkeston

Homes in DE7 5 sell for about the same as Ilkeston’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

15 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDC−B−B−B−C+CACBBCLarklands Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ilkeston, DE7 5DR

Larklands Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Larklands Infant School?

For September 2026, 31 families put Larklands Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 37 places were offered in all.

What is Larklands Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (October 2024).

How much do houses cost near Larklands Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DE7 5, sold for a median £170,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (397 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; Ilkeston’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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