Cavendish Close Infant School

State-Funded School

cavendish-close-infant-school-derby-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyLocal Authority

Derby NorthConstituency

DE21 4LYPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Cavendish Close Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in Derby, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 287 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

287

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

26%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 287
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 5 May 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Dec 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.