Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School

Academy converter·Infant school Exeter, Devon·EX1 2PS
School type
Infant school
Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Ladysmith 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
100%
70 first choices, 73 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
144
any preference, for 73 places

Every child who put Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School 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
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

School profile

Age range
3–7
Pupils on roll
297
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,766
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School is a primary school serving Exeter, Devon, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 297 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School 'Requires improvement'.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 73 Reception places. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School, 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.