Ladywood Primary School, Ilkeston

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils at Ladywood Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 65% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Derbyshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 82% in reading and 55% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 29 families put Ladywood Primary School as their first choice and 62 named it as one of their preferences, for 31 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 Ladywood Primary School are Dallimore Primary & Nursery School (0.4 miles, Good, 74% reading, 88% maths); St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 82% reading, 85% maths); Hallam Fields Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 67% reading, 61% maths); and Field House Infant School (0.8 miles, Good).

Ladywood Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Ladywood Primary School is one of 29 schools run by Embark Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

48.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 8.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 77 pupils (25.2%) received SEN support and 11 (3.6%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Ladywood Primary School had 19 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Ilkeston Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

25 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Goole Avenue Footpath (adjacent), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ladywood Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 140 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Ladywood Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Ladywood Primary School are Kirk Hallam Community Academy (0.3 miles), Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles) and Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy (0.9 miles).