Shelton Infant School
Primary · Derby · DE24 9EJ
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 14 May 2024
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194 pupils · 92% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 16.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 12% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.4% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.sheltoni.derby.sch.uk/
- URN
- 112745
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place52 places offered · 49 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)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
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
- 14 May 2024: Good
- 15 March 2022: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.