Lons Infant School
Tavistock Avenue, Ripley, DE5 3SE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Annette Guthrie
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 40
- URN
- 112710
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01773744319
About this school
Lons Infant School is a community primary school in Ripley. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 40 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Lons 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 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78 |
| 2023/24 | 71 |
| 2024/25 | 58 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lons Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.1% | 34.5% | 40 | — |
| Ripley Junior School | — | — | — | 327 | 0.6 miles |
| Ripley Infant School | — | 5.9% | 41.9% | 157 | 0.7 miles |
| Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 64% | 5.1% | 38.3% | 359 | 0.7 miles |
| Swanwick Primary School | 57% | 4.5% | 19.3% | 379 | 1.3 miles |
| Waingroves Primary School | 61% | 3.9% | 23.1% | 213 | 1.4 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)
- 34.48%
- English as an additional language
- 1.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.14%
- Persistent absence
- 13.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ripley Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Ripley
-
Ripley Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Ripley
-
Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Ripley
-
Swanwick Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Waingroves Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Ripley
Other schools in Ripley
- Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled Primary
- Denby Free CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Ripley Infant School Primary
- Ripley Junior School Primary
- Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Street Lane Primary School Primary
- Waingroves Primary School Primary
- Ripley Nursery School Nursery
- John Flamsteed Community School Secondary
- The Ripley Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lons Infant School teach?
- Lons Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Ripley.
- Who is the headteacher of Lons Infant School?
- The headteacher of Lons Infant School is Miss Annette Guthrie, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lons Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lons 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 Lons Infant School?
- Lons Infant School has 40 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Lons Infant School full?
- Lons Infant School has capacity for 90 pupils and 40 on roll (44%), 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 Lons Infant School a faith school?
- No. Lons Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lons Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lons Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Lons Infant School's absence rate?
- Lons Infant School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Lons 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 Lons 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.