Overall Oxbridge
#471
1 ranked schools · +443 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
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2
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Offer rate50.0%
+27.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Once a centre of coal mining, iron founding, and lace making across Derbyshire, Ilkeston sits on the River Erewash at the county's eastern edge, bordering Nottinghamshire within two miles of Nottingham. Coal and lace shaped its Victorian core, and traces of that industrial chapter remain in the town centre's brickwork. Around 41,000 people live across the borough today.
Kirk Hallam and Morley form the most school-competitive residential pockets for primary catchments, drawing families to Ilkeston's eastern and northern reaches, while Little Hallam extends that settled belt further east. Ilkeston station on the Erewash Valley line puts Nottingham around fifteen minutes away by train.
Area Performance
Across 18 primary and secondary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.75/10, -0.61 vs England.
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Distribution across all Ilkeston schools
Ilkeston vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Ilkeston schools
top 71% of 14,978
top 71% of 14,978
top 73% of 3,680
top 73% of 3,680
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · +443 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
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2
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Cambridge
1 ranked schools · +409 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
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