Melbourne Infant & Nursery School
Expected· our summaryMay 2026
Ages3 - 7
Pupils139
Inspected May 2026 · View report
The answers
Under-subscribed
Demand
2026-27 · Reception
Admission figures: 2026-27
Apply by Fri 15 Jan 2027 · offers Fri 16 Apr 2027in 61 days
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How places are decided at Melbourne Infant & Nursery School
Priority order when there are more applications than places, 2027-28 (Reception):
- 1Looked after children, and children who stopped being looked after because they were adopted (or came under a residence order or special guardianship order). This includes children who appear (to the admission authority) to have left state care outside England through adoption.
- 2Children living in the normal area served by the school both when the application is made and when the child is admitted, with brothers or sisters attending the school at both of those times.
- 3Children living in the normal area served by the school both when the application is made and when the child is admitted.
Show all 5 criteria · 2 more, and the tie-break
- 4Children not living in the normal area served by the school who have brothers or sisters attending the school both when the application is made and when the child is admitted.
- 5Other children whose parents have requested a place.
If two applications tie: Where children meet the same one of criteria 2, 3, 4 and 5 and a choice must be made between them, preference goes to those living nearest the school by straight line distance. The children and adults department measures the straight line distance with a Geographic Information System.
Derbyshire County Council is the admission authority for its community and voluntary controlled schools. Transcribed from the council's published admissions criteria for the September 2027 intake. Pupils with an education, health and care plan naming the school are admitted before the criteria are applied. 'Living in the normal area' means the child having settled full-time residence in a property which is the child's only or main residence. Documentary evidence of actual permanent residency may be required. A place cannot be guaranteed for any child, even one living in a school's normal area. The term brother or sister includes (a) a half-brother and/or half-sister, (b) a legally adopted child being regarded as a brother or sister, and (c) a step-brother and/or step-sister residing in the same family unit.
Published by the admission authority. A criterion sets the order places are offered in and never guarantees a place.
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Check your postcode →Appeals in this council · 12% successful (2025-26 entry)
12% of primary admission appeals heard in Derbyshire County Council were successful (2025-26 entry — 108 heard).
2025-26: 12%2024-25: 10%2023-24: 14%2022-23: 25%2021-22: 38%
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September 2026 entry: places were left, and everyone who put it first was offered one.
We can’t say from this how far away a family could live and still get a place.
How places are decided at Melbourne Infant & Nursery School
Priority order when there are more applications than places, 2027-28 (Reception):
- 1Looked after children, and children who stopped being looked after because they were adopted (or came under a residence order or special guardianship order). This includes children who appear (to the admission authority) to have left state care outside England through adoption.
- 2Children living in the normal area served by the school both when the application is made and when the child is admitted, with brothers or sisters attending the school at both of those times.