# Education in Erewash

The north west of the East Midlands. 113,474 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 110 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for Erewash, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

In: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands)

## Number of schools

Erewash: **50** (2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government. Published 15 October 2026.

Erewash had 50 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/number-of-schools?place=E07000036) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-schools) · https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/education#l-schools-count

## Schools

Exact point level, Great Britain only. Source: Department for Education and Ofsted and Department for Education and Welsh Government and Scottish Government and Ordnance Survey.

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Erewash. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?place=E07000036) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) · https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/education#l-schools

## Schools in Erewash

Erewash has 50 open schools: 37 primary, 6 secondary, 5 special, 1 independent and 1 pupil referral and alternative provision.

| Latest Ofsted grade | Schools |
| --- | --- |
| Outstanding | 1 |
| Good | 13 |
| Requires improvement | 2 |
| Inadequate | 1 |

17 of the 47 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between January 2020 and June 2024.
6 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.
11 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.
Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

### Primary (37) (37)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted | Results (KS2 2024/25) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ashbrook Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashbrook-infant-school-e112688) | Community school | 3 to 7 | 122 | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Ashbrook Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashbrook-junior-school-e147927) | Academy converter | 7 to 11 | 168 | School remains Good, June 2023 | 60% met KS2 standard |
| [Breadsall CofE VC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/breadsall-cofe-vc-primary-school-e112805) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 116 | School remains Good, November 2022 | 88% met KS2 standard |
| [Brooklands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brooklands-primary-school-e147140) | Academy converter | 3 to 11 | 365 | School remains Good, June 2023 | 67% met KS2 standard |
| [Charlotte Nursery and Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/charlotte-nursery-and-infant-school-e112575) | Community school | 3 to 7 | 288 | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Chaucer Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chaucer-infant-school-e147747) | Academy converter | 3 to 7 | 188 | Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [Chaucer Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chaucer-junior-school-e147748) | Academy converter | 7 to 11 | 233 | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 63% met KS2 standard |
| [Cloudside Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cloudside-academy-e144612) | Academy sponsor led | 7 to 11 | 261 | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 70% met KS2 standard |
| [Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cotmanhay-infant-and-nursery-school-e112570) | Community school | 2 to 7 | 229 | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Cotmanhay Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cotmanhay-junior-school-e112569) | Community school | 7 to 11 | 273 | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | 38% met KS2 standard |
| [Dallimore Primary & Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dallimore-primary-and-nursery-school-e112675) | Community school | 2 to 11 | 360 | Good (overall), September 2023 | 63% met KS2 standard |
| [Dovedale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dovedale-primary-school-e141540) | Academy converter | 4 to 11 | 395 | Good (overall), February 2023 | 65% met KS2 standard |
| [Draycott Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/draycott-community-primary-school-e150695) | Academy sponsor led | 3 to 11 | 105 | Requires improvement (overall), February 2022, before the school changed | 75% met KS2 standard |
| [English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/english-martyrs-catholic-voluntary-academy-e140070) | Academy converter | 4 to 11 | 229 | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | 81% met KS2 standard |
| [Field House Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/field-house-infant-school-e148016) | Academy converter | 3 to 7 | 201 | Good (overall), October 2023 | – |
| [Firfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/firfield-primary-school-e112516) | Community school | 5 to 11 | 413 | School remains Good, March 2023 | 60% met KS2 standard |
| [Granby Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/granby-junior-school-e112571) | Community school | 7 to 11 | 286 | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 46% met KS2 standard |
| [Grange Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grange-primary-school-e112584) | Community school | 3 to 11 | 432 | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 52% met KS2 standard |
| [Hallam Fields Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hallam-fields-junior-school-e112572) | Community school | 7 to 11 | 217 | School remains Good, June 2022 | 44% met KS2 standard |
| [Harrington Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harrington-junior-school-e112582) | Community school | 7 to 11 | 218 | School remains Good, October 2022 | 57% met KS2 standard |
| [Kensington Junior Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kensington-junior-academy-e147359) | Academy converter | 7 to 11 | 178 | Good (overall), March 2024 | 60% met KS2 standard |
| [Ladycross Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ladycross-infant-school-e112614) | Community school | 3 to 7 | 157 | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [Ladywood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ladywood-primary-school-e148017) | Academy converter | 3 to 11 | 305 | Good (overall), October 2023 | 60% met KS2 standard |
| [Larklands Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/larklands-infant-school-e112708) | Community school | 3 to 7 | 145 | Standards maintained, October 2024 | – |
| [Little Eaton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/little-eaton-primary-school-e112580) | Community school | 5 to 11 | 187 | School remains Good, December 2022 | 67% met KS2 standard |
| [Longmoor Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longmoor-primary-school-e112585) | Community school | 3 to 11 | 410 | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 58% met KS2 standard |
| [Morley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morley-primary-school-e150727) | Academy converter | 5 to 11 | 80 | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 92% met KS2 standard |
| [Parklands Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parklands-infant-and-nursery-school-e112583) | Community school | 3 to 7 | 205 | Standards maintained, March 2025 | – |
| [Redhill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/redhill-primary-school-e137897) | Academy converter | 5 to 11 | 215 | Outstanding (overall), December 2023 | 100% met KS2 standard |
| [Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/risley-lower-grammar-ce-vc-primary-school-e112850) | Voluntary controlled school | 5 to 11 | 75 | Good (overall), March 2023 | 64% met KS2 standard |
| [Sawley Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sawley-infant-and-nursery-school-e141542) | Academy converter | 3 to 7 | 225 | Good (overall), February 2024 | – |
| [Sawley Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sawley-junior-school-e141543) | Academy converter | 7 to 11 | 295 | School remains Good, February 2023 | 60% met KS2 standard |
| [Scargill CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/scargill-cofe-primary-school-e144467) | Academy sponsor led | 4 to 11 | 279 | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 35% met KS2 standard |
| [St Andrew's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-cofe-primary-school-e112854) | Voluntary controlled school | 4 to 11 | 74 | Good (overall), October 2022 | 50% met KS2 standard |
| [St Laurence CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-laurence-cofe-primary-school-e141824) | Academy converter | 4 to 11 | 171 | Good (overall), December 2021 | 60% met KS2 standard |
| [St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-catholic-voluntary-academy-e146145) | Academy converter | 4 to 11 | 225 | School remains Good, February 2023 | 70% met KS2 standard |
| [Stanley Common Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanley-common-church-of-england-primary-school-e150624) | Academy sponsor led | 4 to 11 | 33 | Inadequate (overall), November 2022, before the school changed, serious weaknesses | 0% met KS2 standard |

### Secondary (6) (6)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted | Results (KS4 2025/26) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Friesland School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/friesland-school-e145966) | Academy converter | 11 to 18 | 1,120 | Good (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8: 46.0 |
| [Kirk Hallam Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kirk-hallam-community-academy-e146374) | Academy converter | 11 to 18 | 709 | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8: 40.6 |
| [Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ormiston-ilkeston-enterprise-academy-e137109) | Academy sponsor led | 11 to 16 | 984 | Good (overall), June 2024 | Attainment 8: 43.8 |
| [Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-john-houghton-catholic-voluntary-academy-e137908) | Academy converter | 11 to 16 | 625 | Standards maintained, April 2025 | Attainment 8: 44.4 |
| [The Long Eaton School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-long-eaton-school-e136716) | Academy converter | 11 to 18 | 1,121 | Requires improvement (overall), February 2024 | Attainment 8: 41.3 |
| [Wilsthorpe School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wilsthorpe-school-e146451) | Academy converter | 11 to 18 | 1,236 | School remains Good, May 2023 | Attainment 8: 49.3 |

### Special (5) (5)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bennerley Fields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bennerley-fields-school-e146052) | Academy special converter | 2 to 16 | 105 | Good (overall), January 2023 |
| [Brackenfield Special School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brackenfield-special-school-e113031) | Community special school | 3 to 19 | 283 | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade |
| [Meadowbrook School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/meadowbrook-school-e152528) | Other independent special school | 5 to 19 | – | No outcome in Ofsted's file |
| [Spring Valley School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spring-valley-school-e148406) | Other independent special school | 5 to 16 | 12 | No outcome in Ofsted's file |
| [Stanton Vale School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanton-vale-school-e146054) | Academy special converter | 2 to 19 | 131 | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade |

### Independent (1) (1)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Trent College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/trent-college-e113004) | Other independent school | 3 to 19 | 990 | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file |

### Pupil referral and alternative provision (1) (1)

| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Latest Ofsted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Esteem Valley Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/esteem-valley-academy-e146055) | Academy alternative provision converter | 5 to 16 | 103 | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade |

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/housing) (17)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/crime) (13)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/people) (24)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/deprivation) (8)
- [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/health) (4)
- [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/environment) (9)
- [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/transport) (4)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/connectivity) (5)
- [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/planning) (3)
- [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/economy) (4)
- [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/council-tax) (10)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/elections) (7)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/services) (3)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/sources) (28)

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E07000036/data?family=education

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