Schools and Education in Smalley

There are 103 schools within 5 miles of Smalley town centre, including 72 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 91% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Heanor Gate Spencer Academy and William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary School. There are 5 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
103
Primary
72
Secondary
12
Good / Outstanding
91%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

51
5
Outstanding (2) Good (51) Requires Improvement (5) Not yet inspected (45)
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy Secondary 1.5 miles Kirkley Drive, Heanor, DE75 7RA Inspected: 15 September 2023 William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Vicarage Lane, Duffield, Belper, DE56 4EB Inspected: 19 December 2023
Horsley Woodhouse Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Church Lane, Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkeston, DE7 6AT Inspected: 15 May 2023 Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Horsley Road, Horsley, DERBY, DE21 5BR Inspected: 18 March 2025 Kilburn Infant and Nursery School Primary 1.8 miles The Flat, Kilburn, Derby, DE56 0LA Inspected: 14 November 2022 Corfield CofE Infant School Primary 1.8 miles Hill Road, Heanor, DE75 7GQ Inspected: 22 November 2021 Howitt Primary Community School Primary 2 miles Holmes Street, Heanor, DE75 7FS Inspected: 18 September 2023 Coppice Primary School Primary 2 miles Roper Avenue, Marlpool, Heanor, DE75 7BZ Inspected: 19 May 2023 Mundy CofE Junior School Primary 2.1 miles Lockton Avenue, Heanor, DE75 7EQ Inspected: 17 February 2023 Jasmine House School 2.2 miles Ilkeston Road, 34 Ilkeston Road, Derbyshire, DE75 7DT Inspected: 01 December 2023 Holbrook School for Autism 2.5 miles Portway, Belper, DE56 0TE Inspected: 19 September 2023 Marlpool Junior School Primary 2.6 miles Clara Mount Road, Heanor, DE75 7HS Inspected: 14 November 2022 St Andrew's CofE Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Station Road, Stanley, Ilkeston, DE7 6FB Inspected: 23 November 2022 Laceyfields Academy Primary 2.8 miles Laceyfields Road, Langley, Heanor, DE75 7HJ Inspected: 25 September 2023 Little Eaton Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Alfreton Road, Little Eaton, Derby, DE21 5AB Inspected: 09 February 2023 The Ripley Academy Secondary 3.3 miles Peasehill, Ripley, DE5 3JQ Inspected: 17 March 2025 Herbert Strutt Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Thornhill Avenue, Belper, DE56 1SH Inspected: 29 November 2023 Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled Primary 3.4 miles Whitegates, Codnor, Ripley, DE5 9QD Inspected: 20 January 2022 Ripley Infant School Primary 3.4 miles Kirk Close, Off Highfield Way, Ripley, DE5 3RY Inspected: 07 March 2024 Cotmanhay Children's Centre 3.5 miles Beauvale Drive, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, DE7 8RU Inspected: 14 June 2012 Ripley Nursery School Nursery 3.6 miles Sandham Lane, Ripley, DE5 3HE Inspected: 30 January 2024 Milford Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Chevin Road, Milford, Belper, DE56 0QH Inspected: 23 January 2025 Cotmanhay Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.6 miles Beauvale Drive, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, DE7 8RR Inspected: 20 January 2022 Breadsall CofE VC Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Brookside Road, Breadsall, DE21 5LF Inspected: 09 December 2022 Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy Secondary 3.7 miles Abbot Road, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, DE7 4HX Inspected: 23 May 2025 Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary 3.7 miles Dannah Street, Ripley, DE5 3BD Inspected: 08 July 2024 Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy Secondary 3.8 miles King George Avenue, Ilkeston, DE7 5HS Inspected: 10 September 2024 St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary 3.8 miles Laund Nook, Belper, DE56 1GY Inspected: 22 May 2023 Bennerley Fields School 3.9 miles Stratford Street, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, DE7 8QZ Inspected: 09 March 2023 Springbank Academy Primary 3.9 miles Peacock Drive, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3HW Inspected: 16 January 2024 Parkview Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Springwood Drive, Oakwood, Derby., DE21 2RQ Inspected: 11 February 2022 Hall Park Academy Secondary 3.9 miles Mansfield Road, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3EA Inspected: 16 July 2024 Ladywood Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Ladywood Road, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, DE7 4NH Inspected: 28 November 2023 Long Row Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Long Row, Belper, DE56 1DR Inspected: 09 April 2024 Da Vinci Academy Secondary 4.3 miles St Andrews View, Breadsall, Derby, DE21 4ET Inspected: 07 September 2023 Breadsall Hill Top Primary School Primary 4.3 miles St Andrews View, Derby, DE21 4ET Inspected: 23 November 2021 The Florence Nightingale Academy Primary 4.4 miles Chewton Street, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3HB Inspected: 25 May 2023 Lees Brook Academy Secondary 4.4 miles Morley Road, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 4QX Inspected: 27 October 2023 Dallimore Primary & Nursery School Primary 4.4 miles Dallimore Road, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, DE7 4GZ Inspected: 27 October 2023 The Priory Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary 4.5 miles Raglan Street, Hill Top, Nottingham, NG16 3GT Inspected: 13 May 2025 Blue Mountain Education 4.5 miles Newton's Lane, Off Newton Lane, Cossall, NG16 2SD Inspected: 16 October 2025 Cavendish Close Infant School Primary 4.5 miles Gertrude Road, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 4LY Inspected: 27 June 2022 Field House Infant School Primary 4.6 miles Lower Whitworth Road, Ilkeston, DE7 4LT Inspected: 16 November 2023 Cavendish Close Junior Academy Primary 4.6 miles Deborah Drive, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 4RJ Inspected: 10 March 2022 Larklands Infant School Primary 4.6 miles Park Road, Ilkeston, DE7 5DR Inspected: 25 November 2024 Lawrence View Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.6 miles Walker Street, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3FP Inspected: 16 January 2023 Roe Farm Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Worcester Crescent, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 4HG Inspected: 10 July 2024 Kensington Junior Academy Primary 4.6 miles Butterton Close, Ilkeston, DE7 5PA Inspected: 13 May 2024 Hallam Fields Junior School Primary 4.7 miles Longfield Lane, Ilkeston, DE7 4DB Inspected: 26 July 2022 Brinsley Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.7 miles Moor Road, Brinsley, Nottingham, NG16 5AZ Inspected: 19 May 2023 Awsworth Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.9 miles The Lane, Awsworth, Nottingham, NG16 2QS Inspected: 17 January 2023 Portway Infant School Primary 4.9 miles Woodlands Road, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2HE Inspected: 24 October 2023 Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.9 miles Greasley Avenue, Newthorpe, Nottingham, NG16 2FJ Inspected: 03 December 2021
Denby Free CofE VA Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Church Street, Denby Village, Ripley, DE5 8PH Inspected: 27 July 2023 Pottery Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Spencer Road, Belper, DE56 1HA Inspected: 22 January 2024 Chaddesden Park Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Carson Road, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 6JW Inspected: 08 May 2024 Beaufort Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Hampshire Road, Derby, DE21 6BT Inspected: 11 December 2023 Progression 2 Work 5 miles Beauvale, Beauvale, NG16 2EZ Inspected: 08 September 2025
Richardson Endowed Primary School Primary 0.1 miles Main Road, Smalley, Ilkeston, DE7 6EF Stanley Common Church of England Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Belper Road, Stanley Common, Ilkeston, DE7 6FS Kilburn Junior School Primary 1.8 miles The Flat, Kilburn, Belper, DE56 0LA John Flamsteed Community School Secondary 2 miles Derby Road, Denby, Ripley, DE5 8NP Morley Primary School Primary 2 miles Brick Kiln Lane, Morley, Ilkeston, DE7 6DF Heanor Children's Centre 2 miles Roper Avenue, Marlpool, Heanor, DE75 7BZ Inspected: 03 February 2011 Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Lodge Row, Ilkeston, DE7 6BT Loscoe CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary 2.1 miles Church View, Loscoe, Heanor, DE75 7RT Scargill CofE Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Beech Lane, West Hallam, Ilkeston, DE7 6GU Marlpool Infant School Primary 2.4 miles Prospect Road, Marlpool, Heanor, DE75 7NF Holbrook Church of England Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Moorside Lane, Holbrook, Belper, DE56 0TW Street Lane Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Street Lane, Denby, Ripley, DE5 8NE Langley Mill Children's Centre 2.8 miles Bailey Brook Drive, Langley Mill, NG16 4FS Inspected: 01 September 2011 Langley Mill Academy Primary 2.9 miles Bailey Brook Crescent, Langley Mill, Nottingham, NG16 4FZ Langley Mill Church of England Infant School and Nursery Primary 3 miles Sedgwick Street, Langley Mill, Nottingham, NG16 4DT Belper School and Sixth Form Centre Secondary 3.1 miles John O'Gaunts Way, Belper, DE56 0DA Aldercar High School Secondary 3.1 miles Daltons Close, Langley Mill, Nottingham, NG16 4HL Waingroves Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Waingroves Road, Ripley, DE5 9TD Aldercar Infant School Primary 3.1 miles Godkin Drive, Langley Mill, Nottingham, NG16 4GL Ripley Junior School Primary 3.4 miles Poplar Avenue, Ripley, DE5 3PN Cotmanhay Junior School Primary 3.6 miles Beauvale Drive, Ilkeston, DE7 8RR Tuition Services Co Brookside School 3.7 miles Brookside Road, Breadsall, Derby, DE21 5LF Charlotte Nursery and Infant School Primary 3.7 miles Trinity Close, Ilkeston, DE7 8LQ Granby Junior School Primary 3.8 miles Heanor Road, Ilkeston, DE7 8DX Esteem Valley Academy 3.9 miles Bennerley Avenue, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, DE7 8PF Kirk Hallam Community Academy Secondary 3.9 miles Godfrey Drive, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, DE7 4HH Oakwood 3.9 miles Springwood Drive, Springwood Drive, Derby, DE21 2RQ The Ecclesbourne School Secondary 3.9 miles Wirksworth Road, Duffield, Belper, DE56 4GS Inspected: 16 November 2023 Lons Infant School Primary 4 miles Tavistock Avenue, Ripley, DE5 3SE Chaucer Junior School Primary 4.2 miles Cranmer Street, Ilkeston, DE7 5JH St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary 4.2 miles Church View, Ilkeston, DE7 4LF St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary 4.2 miles Matlock Road, Belper, DE56 2JD Duffield the Meadows Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Park Road, Belper, DE56 4GT Chaucer Infant School Primary 4.2 miles Cantelupe Road, Ilkeston, DE7 5LN St Andrew's Academy 4.3 miles St Andrews View, Breadsall Hilltop, Derby, DE21 4EW AWSWORTH Children's Centre 4.4 miles Chewton Street, Chewton Street, Eastwood, NG16 3HB BRINSLEY Children's Centre 4.4 miles Chewton Street, Chewton Street, NG16 3HB EASTWOOD Children's Centre 4.4 miles Chewton Street, Eastwood, NG16 3HB Heage Primary School Primary 4.4 miles School Lane, Heage, Belper, DE56 2AL Audrey Drive Children's Centre 4.5 miles Audrey Drive, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 4NP Old Vicarage School 4.8 miles Church Lane, Darley Abbey, Derby, DE22 1EW St Giles' Spencer Academy 4.9 miles Hampshire Road, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 6BT Portway Junior School Primary 4.9 miles Robincroft Road, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2GL Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Darley Abbey Drive, Darley Abbey, Derby, DE22 1EF The Curzon CofE Primary School Primary 5 miles Church Road, Quarndon, Derby, DE22 5JA