Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School, Swadlincote

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are extremely proud of Elmsleigh and it gives us great pleasure to inform you about life at our school. Elmsleigh is all about creating a happy and secure learning environment for your child."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am, from £2.50 per session.

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School as their first choice and 69 named it as one of their preferences, for 38 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School are St Edward's Catholic Academy (0.2 miles, Good, 65% reading, 52% maths); Springfield Junior School (0.2 miles, Good, 50% reading, 48% maths); Belmont Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 71% reading, 59% maths); and Eureka Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 61% reading, 61% maths).

Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School is one of 14 schools run by Esteem Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

19 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School (as of September 2025): 79% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (95%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (74%).

44.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 8.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 33 pupils (21.3%) received SEN support and 40 (25.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School has a resourced provision (16 places, 15 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (11 places, 11 pupils on roll) for autism.

Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School had 10 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School.

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (adjacent), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 184 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.

Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School are The Pingle Academy (0.4 miles), Mercia Academy (0.8 miles) and Granville Academy (1 mile).