Larklands Infant School
Larklands Infant School is a council school in Ilkeston for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 145 pupils and room for 179. About 33 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.
Park Road, Ilkeston, DE7 5DR0115 932 4288larklandsinfants.co.ukHelen Smith headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
64 places were empty (36% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 17% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Derbyshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (16), language and communications needs (14), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Physical disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 145 | 154 | 162 | 162 | 178 | 174 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 31% | 31% | 36% | 38% | 34% | 31% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 8% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 29% | 30% | 19% | 22% | 19% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.7% | 6.2% | 5.3% | 6.2% | 4.7% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.1% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 4.7% | 4.2% | 3.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 14.8% | 19.4% | 11.2% | 15.5% | 13.8% | 9.7% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 4.6 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Junior Academy | Academy | 530 m | 178 | Good 2024 | 49 | Compare |
| Chaucer Infant School | Academy | 600 m | 188 | No overall grade 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| Chaucer Junior School | Academy | 750 m | 233 | Not inspected | 63 | Compare |
| Field House Infant School | Academy | 850 m | 201 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
| St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 225 | Good 2023 | 60 | Compare |
| Hallam Fields Junior School | Council | 0.9 miles | 217 | Good 2022 | 24 | Compare |
| Charlotte Nursery and Infant School | Council | 1.1 miles | 288 | No overall grade 2025 | 3 | Compare |
| Granby Junior School | Council | 1.2 miles | 286 | No overall grade 2024 | 7 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Larklands Infant School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Larklands Infant School yet.
How many pupils does Larklands Infant School have?
145 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 179 places, so it is 81% full.
Is Larklands Infant School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 64 places were empty in 2024/25 (36% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Larklands Infant School?
Pupils were in school 94.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 15% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Larklands Infant School?
The average class had 20.1 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Park Road, Ilkeston, DE7 5DR
- Telephone
- 0115 932 4288
- Website
- www.larklandsinfants.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Helen Smith
- Type of school
- Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Ward
- Larklands
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 112708 · LAESTAB 8302375 · UKPRN 10076484
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.