Heath Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Chesterfield, Derbyshire·S44 5RH
Composite score
42.4
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#10,093
National rank
#866
In East Midlands
#154
In Derbyshire
Top 68%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
49%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
38 first choices, 41 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 41 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
1.0020220.9720230.9720240.9620250.932026

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

Derbyshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Heath Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
367
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£6,132
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Heath Primary School at a glance

Located in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Heath Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 367 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 49% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 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 104 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 97% of the families who made Heath Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% 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. Heath Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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