The Park Infant & Nursery School

Community school·Infant school Mansfield, Derbyshire·NG20 8JX

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

The Park Infant & Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

77%

75 first choices, 60 places

First choices per place

1.25

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

103

any preference, for 60 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.25

00.511.5

1 per place

1.2020221.0320230.9820241.0020251.252026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Derbyshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for The Park Infant & Nursery School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 215
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

32.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

16.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

23.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,020

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

The Park Junior School Mansfield · 0.0 mi 49.9 Brookfield Primary School Mansfield · 0.4 mi 12.4 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy MANSFIELD · 0.4 mi 66.9 Model Village Primary School Mansfield · 0.7 mi 34.4 Langwith Bassett Primary Academy Mansfield · 0.7 mi 28.6 Scarcliffe Primary School Chesterfield · 1.6 mi 64.6 Whaley Thorns Primary School Mansfield · 2.0 mi 29.2 Anthony Bek Community Primary School Mansfield · 2.5 mi 63.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

The Park Infant & Nursery School is a primary school serving Mansfield, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 215 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated The Park Infant & Nursery School 'Good'.

Competition for places is real here - 77% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (75 first choices for 60 places). Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.