Primary schools in Ilkeston
20 primary schools in Ilkeston, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Ilkeston in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 14 schools in Ilkeston first 472 times for 484 places: 0.98 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Derbyshire authority's 290 schools. One of the 14 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Dallimore Primary & Nursery School, to 0.69 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Dallimore Primary & Nursery School
- Field House Infant School
- Hallam Fields Junior School
- Horsley Woodhouse Primary School
- Kensington Junior Academy
- Ladywood Primary School
- Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School
- Richardson Endowed Primary School
- Scargill CofE Primary School
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School
- St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School
- Morley Primary School
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School
- Chaucer Infant School
- Cotmanhay Junior School
- Granby Junior School
- Stanley Common Church of England Primary School
- Chaucer Junior School
- Larklands Infant School
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