Ladycross Infant School
Victoria Road, Sandiacre, Nottingham, NG10 5JD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn McKinley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 157
- URN
- 112614
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159397379
About this school
Ladycross Infant School is a community primary school in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 157 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Ladycross Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Ladycross 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 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 239 |
| 2023/24 | 210 |
| 2024/25 | 189 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ladycross Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.9% | 37.1% | 157 | — |
| Cloudside Academy | 70% | 3.9% | 44.1% | 261 | 0.3 miles |
| William Lilley Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.5% | 27.8% | 130 | 0.6 miles |
| Longmoor Primary School | 58% | 4.4% | 33% | 410 | 0.8 miles |
| Fairfield Spencer Academy | 70% | 4.8% | 25.5% | 627 | 0.9 miles |
| Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary School | 64% | 6.3% | 18.4% | 75 | 1.0 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)
- 37.11%
- English as an additional language
- 6.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.89%
- Persistent absence
- 10.91%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cloudside Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
William Lilley Infant and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Longmoor Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Fairfield Spencer Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Derby
Other schools in Nottingham
- Abbey Gates Primary School Primary
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery Primary
- Abbey Road Primary School Primary
- Albany Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Albany Junior School Primary
- Aldercar Infant School Primary
- Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School Primary
- All Hallows CofE Primary School Primary
- Ambleside Primary School Primary
- Annesley Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy Primary
- Arnbrook Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Ladycross Infant School teach?
- Ladycross Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Ladycross Infant School?
- The headteacher of Ladycross Infant School is Mrs Kathryn McKinley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Ladycross Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ladycross 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 many pupils are at Ladycross Infant School?
- Ladycross Infant School has 157 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Ladycross Infant School full?
- Ladycross Infant School has capacity for 240 pupils and 157 on roll (65%), 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 Ladycross Infant School a faith school?
- No. Ladycross Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ladycross Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ladycross Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Ladycross Infant School's absence rate?
- Ladycross Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Ladycross 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 Ladycross 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.