Aldercar Infant School

About Aldercar Infant School

If you're looking for a school where parents feel confident their child is happy and well looked after, Aldercar Infant School sends a very strong signal. In the most recent Parent View survey, 95% of respondents said they would recommend the school to other parents. That figure comes from 19 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, and it's backed up by some remarkably high individual scores: 84% of parents strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 89% strongly agreed that their child feels safe. The school is also clearly popular in the local area. For the 2025/26 intake, Aldercar received 62 applications for 41 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.51. All 40 first-preference applicants were offered a place, which suggests that while the school is in demand, families who put it first have a very strong chance of getting in.

Academically, Aldercar Infant School is rated Good by Ofsted following its most recent inspection in October 2024. This represents a change from its previous inspection in 2013, when the school was judged Outstanding overall. In the 2024 inspection, every graded area — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years provision, and leadership and management — was rated Good. The school serves a community with a high level of disadvantage: 44% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. Because Aldercar is an infant school (ages 2 to 7), there are no KS2 SATs results to compare against the Derbyshire local authority average of 59% meeting the expected standard. However, the Ofsted report noted that the school has high expectations for its pupils, and 84% of parents strongly agreed with the statement that the school has high expectations for their child.

Aldercar Infant School is a mixed, non-religious state primary in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, with a current roll of 181 pupils against a capacity of 150 — meaning it is operating above its official capacity. The school has a nursery provision for children from age 2. Facilities include an ICT suite, art studios, a sports hall, a gymnasium, a forest school area, a sensory room, and a chapel. The school offers a range of clubs including drama, choir, science club, film club, art club and chess, and pupils can take part in sports such as tennis, football, gymnastics, cross country, netball and rounders. For children with additional needs, Aldercar lists provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. It also has a resourced provision. This is a school that seems to suit families looking for a well-regarded local infant school with strong parent satisfaction and a clear focus on early years development.

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