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Somercotes Infant and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 3–7Academy

Somercotes and Swanwick, DE55 4LY · Derbyshire local authority

Somercotes and Swanwick’s School Grade C− better than 16% of towns in England

Getting in
35/35
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
92 pupils
52% of its 178 places
Free school meals
49%
49 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Somercotes Infant and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 92 pupils for 178 places
  • 49% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, February 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (35 of 35)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DE55 4) sold for a median £167,400; Somercotes and Swanwick’s is £195,000
Getting in

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

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

35
families put it first for September 2026
36
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. Learners' Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Derbyshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Somercotes and Swanwick, September 2026

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

1.03 per place
97% got their first choice
Somercotes Infant and Nursery
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.95 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

99 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
14.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
9.1%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
52.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

No letter for Somercotes 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.

Graded inspection: Good, February 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Somercotes Infant and Nursery School

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

Home prices in DE55 4, the school’s postcode sector

Somercotes and Swanwick property prices →
£167,400
median sale, 334 sales in 36 months · Somercotes and Swanwick £195,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025DE55 4Somercotes and Swanwick
DE55 4Somercotes and Swanwick

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£241K
Semi-detached
£170K
Terraced
£130K
DE55 4Somercotes and Swanwick

Homes in DE55 4 sell for a little under Somercotes and Swanwick’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

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+DCCC−B−AC−Somercotes Infant and Nurse…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Somercotes and Swanwick, DE55 4LY

Somercotes Infant and Nursery School: common questions

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

For September 2026, 35 families put Somercotes Infant and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 36 places were offered in all.

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

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2024).

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

Homes in its postcode sector, DE55 4, sold for a median £167,400 over the 36 months to August 2026 (334 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; Somercotes and Swanwick’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.