Oakwood Infant and Nursery School

Waldene Drive, Derby, DE24 0GZ

296 pupils · 110% of 270 capacity

Phase: Primary
Type: Community school
Ages: 3–7
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Local authority: Derby
Free school meals: 29.4%

Ofsted

Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 17 May 2023, published 21 June 2023. 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 — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
Entry	Places	1st preferences	Total preferences	Offers
Sept 2026 entry	71	71	136	71
Sept 2025 entry	89	93	183	89
Sept 2024 entry	63	63	134	63
Sept 2023 entry	86	79	164	85
Sept 2022 entry	81	77	144	80
Sept 2021 entry	76	72	142	76
Sept 2020 entry	90	92	175	90
Sept 2019 entry	89	103	171	89

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

Oakwood Junior School 0.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Wyndham Spencer Academy 0.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
Alvaston Junior Academy 0.7 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Alvaston Infant and Nursery School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Oak Grange Primary School 0.8 km · No Ofsted rating
Landau Forte Academy Moorhead 0.9 km · No overall grade (2024)

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.