Highfields Spencer Academy

General Information

Address: Tutbury Avenue, Littleover, Derby, DE23 3UX
Phone: 01332955599
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Brooke McCulloch
Age range: 3-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Number of pupils: 258
School capacity: 266
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 57
% eligible for free school meals: 22.9%
Nursery provision: Yes

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.0%
Persistently absent pupils: 8.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 12.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £6,208 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #25 of 31 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#23Aston-on-Trent Primary School£6,472
#24Overseal Primary School£6,452
#25Highfields Spencer Academy£6,208
#26Belmont Primary School£6,158
#27Etwall Primary School£6,143

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Long Lane Church of England Primary School£15,609
#2Church Broughton CofE Primary School£11,068
#3Netherseal St Peter's CofE (C) Primary School£9,795
#4Egginton Primary School£9,021
#5Shardlow Primary School£8,411
#6Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School£8,144
#7Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary School£7,875
#8Eureka Primary School£7,754
#9Hartshorne CofE Primary School£7,580
#10Rosliston CofE Primary School£7,537
#11Walton On Trent CofE Primary and Nursery School£7,409
#12Clover Leys Spencer Academy£7,397
#13Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School£7,298
#14Coton-in-the-Elms Cof E Primary School£7,186
#15Stenson Fields Primary Community School£7,174
#16Heath Fields Primary School£6,996
#17St Edward's Catholic Academy£6,848
#18Chellaston Fields Spencer Academy£6,803
#19Findern Primary School£6,695
#20The Mease Spencer Academy£6,694
#21Willington Primary School£6,609
#22Linton Primary School£6,572
#23Aston-on-Trent Primary School£6,472
#24Overseal Primary School£6,452
#25Highfields Spencer Academy£6,208
#26Belmont Primary School£6,158
#27Etwall Primary School£6,143
#28Repton Primary School£6,067
#29St George's CofE Primary School£6,029
#30Stanton Primary School£6,015
#31Hilton Spencer Academy£5,851

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