Primary school

Hilltop Primary Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Derbyshire
  • DE6 1NB
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Sep 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 11,421 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 76%

Top % in England, by year
2022/23: top 100%100%2023/24: top 43%43% · 2023/242024/25: top 76%

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM53% · East Midlands 63%Small cohort: 17 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM6% · East Midlands 6%Small cohort: 17 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score104 · East Midlands 105Small cohort: 17 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score102 · East Midlands 104Small cohort: 17 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22Withheld 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM
2018/19: withheld (2 pupils)2022/23: 6% · 16 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 65% · 18 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 53% · 17 pupils · East Midlands 63%65%6%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2018/19: withheld (2 pupils)2022/23: 6% · 16 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 24% · 18 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 6% · 17 pupils · East Midlands 6%24%6%No exams
Reading score
2018/19: withheld (2 pupils)2022/23: 98 · 16 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 110 · 18 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 104 · 17 pupils · East Midlands 10511098No exams
Maths score
2018/19: withheld (2 pupils)2022/23: 96 · 16 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 106 · 18 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 102 · 17 pupils · East Midlands 10410696No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
17 of 17 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1717
2nd41
3rd50

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor

0 strong areas

5 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026126
Free school meals (past 6 years)41.6%
First language not English10.4%
SEN support11.2%
EHC plan9.6%
Absence (sessions missed)8.4%
Persistently absent pupils16.7%

Girls 48.8%Boys 51.2%

90% full · 140 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.1
Pupils per adult10.6
  • Classroom teachers 3.5
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 6
  • Other support 1.8

Teachers 5.5 FTE · Whole workforce 13.2 · 21 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,787
Spend per pupil£9,115
Staff spend per pupil£7,172
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£82,000in-year balance

Grants £9,672 · self-generated £115 · premises £697 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: DJANOGLY LEARNING TRUST (10 academies) · trust reserve £2,329,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it