Chaucer Infant School
Cantelupe Road, Ilkeston, DE7 5LN
188 pupils · 104% of 180 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 39.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 24 September 2024, published 10 November 2024. 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 — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 49 | 47 | 100 | 48 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 40 | 38 | 97 | 40 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 40 | 40 | 108 | 40 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 53 | 53 | 149 | 53 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 48 | 45 | 139 | 46 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 56 | 54 | 153 | 54 |
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
- Chaucer Junior School 0.2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Larklands Infant School 0.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Kensington Junior Academy 0.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Field House Infant School 1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School 1.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
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.