Primary school

Barrow Hill Primary Academy

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Unknown
  • Derbyshire
  • S43 2PG
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Oct 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 14,648 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 98%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 20%20%2016/17: top 1%1% · 2016/172017/18: top 85%2018/19: top 97%2022/23: top 100%2023/24: top 100%2024/25: top 98%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM30% · East Midlands 63%Small cohort: 10 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM0% · East Midlands 6%Small cohort: 10 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score100 · East Midlands 105Small cohort: 10 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score100 · East Midlands 104Small cohort: 10 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 70% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 100% · 8 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 50% · 8 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 36% · 11 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 7% · 15 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 10% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 30% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 63%100%7%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 0% · 8 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 0% · 8 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 9% · 11 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 0% · 15 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 0% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 0% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 6%9%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 111 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 109 · 8 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 103 · 8 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 99 · 11 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 93 · 15 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 101 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 100 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 10511193No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 104 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 109 · 8 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 99 · 8 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 99 · 11 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 94 · 15 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 96 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 100 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 10410994No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
7 of 7 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st77
2nd30
3rd30

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2024

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2011Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2014Goodas predecessor
  6. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  7. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor
  8. 2024Ungraded 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 202674
Free school meals (past 6 years)74.0%
First language not English2.4%
SEN support14.3%
EHC plan8.3%
Absence (sessions missed)9.8%
Persistently absent pupils29.6%

Girls 44%Boys 56%

62.7% full · 118 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher12.3
Pupils per adult7.5
  • Classroom teachers 4
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 2.9
  • Other support 3.9

Teachers 6 FTE · Whole workforce 12.8 · 16 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 9 months.

  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£46,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: MINERVA LEARNING TRUST (10 academies) · trust reserve £2,290,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it