Copthorne Community Infant School
Rodgers Lane, Alfreton, DE55 7FF
96 pupils · 80% of 120 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 43.8%
Ofsted
Urgent improvement (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
| Early years | Urgent improvement |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 12 May 2026, published 13 July 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 29 | 28 | 58 | 28 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 22 | 22 | 60 | 22 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 27 | 70 | 29 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 32 | 32 | 71 | 32 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 31 | 30 | 74 | 31 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 29 | 29 | 83 | 29 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 25 | 24 | 65 | 25 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 34 | 31 | 67 | 34 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Croft Infant School 0.7 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Woodbridge Junior School 0.8 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Leys Junior School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Westhouses Primary School 2.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Somercotes Infant and Nursery School 2.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.