Community school · Primary
Alfreton · DE55 7JA · Derbyshire
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 112493
Croft Infant School
Community school · Alfreton · DE55 7BW
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–7
Pupils
166
Local authority
Derbyshire
Age range
Ages 5–7
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 5–7, in Alfreton, Derbyshire, 166 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 39.8%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 112493
Location
- Address
- Marshall Street
- Postcode
- DE55 7BW
- Town
- Alfreton
- County
- Derbyshire
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- District
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 166
- Boys / girls
- 92 / 74
- School capacity
- 180
- Capacity fill
- 166 / 180 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 39.8%
- FSM pupils
- 66
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Swain
- Telephone
- 01773832307
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-01-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
5.9%
Persistent absence
13.8%
Unauthorised
1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 4.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 109
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 8.3% · Persistent 22.0%
- 2021/22
- Overall 8.2% · Persistent 25.7%