Breadsall Hill Top Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Derby·DE21 4ET
Composite score
30.3
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#13,347
National rank
#1254
In East Midlands
#46
In Derby
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
43%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 24/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
37 first choices, 39 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
72
any preference, for 39 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9420230.9820240.9020250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Breadsall Hill Top Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
416
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,782
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Breadsall Hill Top Primary School at a glance

Located in Derby, Breadsall Hill Top Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 416 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in February 2026. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Breadsall Hill Top Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 37 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 23.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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