Best Primary Schools in Ilkeston

We checked all 20 primary schools in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, and list every one: 15 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
20
Ranked
15
Without a rank
5

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Ilkeston. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Ilkeston also has 3 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Derbyshire. Derbyshire also has rankings for Chesterfield, Swadlincote, Matlock, Ashbourne, Buxton and all of Derbyshire.

Ranked primary schools in Ilkeston

  1. 1

    Morley Primary School

    Academy, 80 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    92%
    Higher standard
    38%

  2. 2

    Chaucer Junior School

    Academy, 233 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    12%

  3. 3

    St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 225 pupils, inspected May 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    3%

  4. 4

    Kensington Junior Academy

    Academy, 178 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    9%

  5. 5

    Ladywood Primary School

    Academy, 305 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    9%

  6. 6

    Dallimore Primary & Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 360 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    0%

  7. 7

    Horsley Woodhouse Primary School

    Academy, 95 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    7%

  8. 8

    St Andrew's CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 74 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    6%

  9. 9

    Richardson Endowed Primary School

    Academy, 184 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    7%

  10. 10

    Hallam Fields Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 217 pupils, inspected March 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    44%
    Higher standard
    5%

  11. 11

    Cotmanhay Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 273 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    38%
    Higher standard
    9%

  12. 12

    Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 53 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    0%

  13. 13

    Scargill CofE Primary School

    Academy, 279 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    35%
    Higher standard
    0%

  14. 14

    Granby Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 286 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    1%

  15. 15

    Stanley Common Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 33 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Inadequate
    Expected standard
    0%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Ilkeston without a rank