Charlotte Nursery and Infant School
Trinity Close, Ilkeston, DE7 8LQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Emma Pitman
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 320
- Pupils on roll
- 288
- URN
- 112575
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159320970
About this school
Charlotte Nursery and Infant School is a community primary school in Ilkeston. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 288 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Charlotte Nursery and Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 297 |
| 2023/24 | 282 |
| 2024/25 | 287 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Charlotte Nursery and Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.4% | 33.9% | 288 | — |
| Granby Junior School | 46% | 4.9% | 35.7% | 286 | 0.1 miles |
| Chaucer Junior School | 63% | 4.7% | 47.4% | 233 | 0.6 miles |
| Cotmanhay Junior School | 38% | 7% | 67.6% | 273 | 0.7 miles |
| Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School | — | 7% | 72.1% | 229 | 0.7 miles |
| Chaucer Infant School | — | 6.1% | 47.1% | 188 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.88%
- English as an additional language
- 9.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.37%
- Persistent absence
- 15.12%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Granby Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Chaucer Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
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Cotmanhay Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
-
Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
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Chaucer Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Ilkeston
Other schools in Ilkeston
- Chaucer Infant School Primary
- Chaucer Junior School Primary
- Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Cotmanhay Junior School Primary
- Dallimore Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Field House Infant School Primary
- Granby Junior School Primary
- Hallam Fields Junior School Primary
- Horsley Woodhouse Primary School Primary
- Kensington Junior Academy Primary
- Ladywood Primary School Primary
- Larklands Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Charlotte Nursery and Infant School teach?
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Ilkeston.
- Who is the headteacher of Charlotte Nursery and Infant School?
- The headteacher of Charlotte Nursery and Infant School is Miss Emma Pitman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Charlotte Nursery and Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Charlotte Nursery and Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Charlotte Nursery and Infant School?
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School has 288 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Charlotte Nursery and Infant School full?
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School has capacity for 320 pupils and 288 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Charlotte Nursery and Infant School a faith school?
- No. Charlotte Nursery and Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Charlotte Nursery and Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Charlotte Nursery and Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Charlotte Nursery and Infant School's absence rate?
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Charlotte Nursery and Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Charlotte Nursery and Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.