Three Trees Infant Academy

Academy sponsor led·Infant school Swadlincote, Derbyshire·DE11 7EA

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Three Trees Infant Academy is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. 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

100%

38 first choices, 40 places

First choices per place

0.95

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 40 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07

00.511.5

1 per place

n/a2022n/a20230.9220240.8820250.952026

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

Every child who put Three Trees Infant Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Inadequate

Quality of education

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes

Inadequate

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Inadequate

Safeguarding effective?

Early years provision

Requires improvement

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 214
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

46.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

21.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

15.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,888

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Three Trees CofE Junior Academy Swadlincote · 0.0 mi 43.5 Eureka Primary School Swadlincote · 1.0 mi 38.4 Belmont Primary School · 1.1 mi 29.2 Hartshorne CofE Primary School Swadlincote · 1.3 mi 24.7 St George's CofE Primary School Swadlincote · 1.4 mi 25.6 Pennine Way Junior Academy Swadlincote · 1.4 mi 38.6 Springfield Junior School Swadlincote · 1.4 mi 23.1 St Edward's Catholic Academy Swadlincote · 1.4 mi 36.2

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

About Three Trees Infant Academy

Three Trees Infant Academy is a primary school in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 214 pupils aged 5 to 7 attend the school. The school holds an 'Inadequate' judgement from Ofsted.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Three Trees Infant Academy their first choice was offered one of its 40 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Three Trees Infant Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.