Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Ilkeston · DE7 8RR
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 17 March 2026 · report published 13 May 2026
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229 pupils · 95% of 240 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 68.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 34.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.4% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.cotmanhayinfants.co.uk
- URN
- 112570
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place48 places offered · 45 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
98% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 17 March 2026: Expected standard
- 17 November 2021: Good
- 6 March 2018: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.