Schools in Ilkeston

About schools in Ilkeston

Ilkeston lists 25 schools, most of them primary schools. Its three secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another two schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

50%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 16 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

42.4

average Attainment 8 score, across the 3 schools with published results

Primary schools20

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Charlotte Nursery and Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Chaucer Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 7

• Chaucer Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 7

• Cotmanhay Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  38%

  expected standard
• Dallimore Primary & Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Field House Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 7

• Granby Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• Hallam Fields Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  44%

  expected standard
• Horsley Woodhouse Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Kensington Junior Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Ladywood Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Larklands Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Morley Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  92%

  expected standard
• Richardson Endowed Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Scargill CofE Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  35%

  expected standard
• St Andrew's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Stanley Common Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  0%

  expected standard

Secondary schools3

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Kirk Hallam Community Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  38.7

  Attainment 8
• Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  40.5

  Attainment 8
• Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  48.1

  Attainment 8

Special schools and alternative provision2

• Bennerley Fields School

  Academy special converter · Ages 2 to 16

• Esteem Valley Academy

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 5 to 16

Common questions about schools in Ilkeston

How many schools does Ilkeston have?

OfferDay lists 25 schools in Ilkeston, including 20 primary schools and three secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Ilkeston?

Every school in Ilkeston is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Ilkeston ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Ilkeston where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 10 July 2026.