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St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock

PrimaryAges 4–7Voluntary controlledChurch of England

Ibstock, LE67 6NL · Leicestershire local authority

Ibstock’s School Grade D better than 11% of towns in England

Getting in
56/57
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
203 pupils
75% of its 270 places
Free school meals
11%
11 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • 98% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (56 of 57)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (LE67 6) sold for a median £245,000; Ibstock’s is £240,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock?

98% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

57
families put it first for September 2026
57
places offered
98%
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: 2026 (1). 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. Leicestershire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Leicestershire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

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

1.30 per place
74% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
St Denys CofE Infant School, Ibstock
1.00 per place
98% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.92 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

231 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
17.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
6.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
14.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

No letter for St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock

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 (no overall grade since September 2024), February 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock

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

Home prices in LE67 6, the school’s postcode sector

Ibstock property prices →
£245,000
median sale, 301 sales in 36 months · Ibstock £240,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025LE67 6Ibstock
LE67 6Ibstock

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£323K
Semi-detached
£221K
Terraced
£175K
LE67 6Ibstock

Homes in LE67 6 sell for about the same as Ibstock’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

3 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCC+DSt Denys Church of England …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ibstock, LE67 6NL

St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock: common questions

How hard is it to get into St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock?

For September 2026, 57 families put St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock first and 56 of them were offered a place; 57 places were offered in all.

What is St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (February 2025).

How much do houses cost near St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock?

Homes in its postcode sector, LE67 6, sold for a median £245,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (301 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; Ibstock’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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