Hilltop Primary Academy

Derbyshire Dales · DE6 1NB

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 126 pupils, 37.1% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Requires improvement

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Hilltop Primary Academy

General Information

Address: Wyaston Road, Ashbourne, DE6 1NB – View on map
Phone: 01335343041
Headteacher: Mrs Ronni Barker
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 20 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

126 pupils out of 140 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 43
% eligible for free school meals: 37.1%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the Derbyshire Dales average)
English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 30.9% a year (Derbyshire Dales 15.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

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

Across Derbyshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 17 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
Suspensions for bullying: 23 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Derbyshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 8.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.7%
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

Resourced provision for Profound and multiple learning difficulties 5 places · 4 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 7.9%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 11.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Physical disability: 3 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil

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

Requires improvement 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 53% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 12 percentage points below the Derbyshire Dales average (65%)
Expected standard by subject: Reading 53% · Writing 65% · Maths 59% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
Based on: 17 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

Year 6 SATs: 26th of 35 junior and primary schools in the area

#24Bonsall CofE (A) Primary School57%
#25Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School55%
#26Hilltop Primary Academy53%
#27Eyam CofE Primary School50%
=28South Darley CofE Primary School44%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Longford CofE Primary School100%
#2Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary School90%
#3Taddington and Priestcliffe School88%
#4All Saints CofE Junior School86%
#5St Anne's CofE Primary School83%
#6Kniveton CofE Primary School82%
=7Clifton CofE Primary School80%
=7Pilsley CofE Primary School80%
=7Rowsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School80%
#10Middleton Community Primary School78%
#11Hathersage St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School75%
=12Longstone CofE Primary School73%
=12St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery School73%
#14Darley Churchtown Church of England Primary School70%
#15St Oswald's CofE Primary School68%
=16Grindleford Primary School67%
=16Litton CofE Primary School67%
=16Stanton-in-Peak CofE Primary School67%
=19Brailsford CofE Primary School63%
=19Darley Dale Primary School63%
#21Curbar Primary School62%
#22Bradwell Junior School60%
#23Bakewell Methodist Academy59%
#24Bonsall CofE (A) Primary School57%
#25Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School55%
#26Hilltop Primary Academy53%
#27Eyam CofE Primary School50%
=28South Darley CofE Primary School44%
=28Wirksworth Junior School44%
#30Monyash CofE Primary School38%
#31St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy37%
#32Castle View Primary School33%
#33Cromford Church of England Primary School29%
#34Youlgrave, All Saints' CofE (VA) Primary School25%
#35Tansley Primary School23%

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41st of 43 primary schools in Derbyshire Dales for Ofsted rating

#39Winster CofE Primary SchoolGood
#40Youlgrave, All Saints' CofE (VA) Primary SchoolGood
#41Hilltop Primary AcademyRequires improvement
#42Marston Montgomery Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#43Sudbury Primary SchoolRequires improvement

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Kirk Ireton C of E Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Stanton-in-Peak CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Ashbourne Primary SchoolGood
#4Biggin CofE Primary SchoolGood
#5Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary SchoolGood
#6Bonsall CofE (A) Primary SchoolGood
#7Brassington Primary SchoolGood
#8Carsington and Hopton Primary SchoolGood
#9Clifton CofE Primary SchoolGood
#10Cromford Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#11Curbar Primary SchoolGood
#12Darley Churchtown Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#13Darley Dale Primary SchoolGood
#14Doveridge Primary SchoolGood
#15Earl Sterndale CofE Primary SchoolGood
#16Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolGood
#17Great Hucklow CE PrimaryGood
#18Grindleford Primary SchoolGood
#19Hartington CofE Primary SchoolGood
#20Hathersage St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolGood
#21Hulland CofE Primary SchoolGood
#22Kniveton CofE Primary SchoolGood
#23Longford CofE Primary SchoolGood
#24Longstone CofE Primary SchoolGood
#25Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CofE Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#26Monyash CofE Primary SchoolGood
#27Norbury CofE Primary SchoolGood
#28Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary SchoolGood
#29Pilsley CofE Primary SchoolGood
#30Rowsley CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolGood
#31South Darley CofE Primary SchoolGood
#32St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#33St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#34St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#35St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#36Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary SchoolGood
#37Taddington and Priestcliffe SchoolGood
#38Tansley Primary SchoolGood
#39Winster CofE Primary SchoolGood
#40Youlgrave, All Saints' CofE (VA) Primary SchoolGood
#41Hilltop Primary AcademyRequires improvement
#42Marston Montgomery Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#43Sudbury Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,115 (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.

27th of 50 primary schools in Derbyshire Dales for spending per pupil

#25Brassington Primary School£9,430
#26Tansley Primary School£9,282
#27Hilltop Primary Academy£9,115
#28St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy£9,003
#29Longford CofE Primary School£9,000

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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.

Rank School Score

#1Winster CofE Primary School£41,349
#2Elton CofE Primary School£32,501
#3St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery School£23,801
#4Biggin CofE Primary School£21,096
#5Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School£20,802
#6Kirk Ireton C of E Primary School£16,963
#7Parwich Primary School£16,777
#8Marston Montgomery Primary School£15,708
#9Hartington CofE Primary School£15,257
#10Bradley CofE Primary School£15,037
#11Earl Sterndale CofE Primary School£14,292
#12Youlgrave, All Saints' CofE (VA) Primary School£12,610
#13Carsington and Hopton Primary School£12,458
#14Grindleford Primary School£12,412
#15Great Hucklow CE Primary£12,150
#16Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary School£11,917
#17Bonsall CofE (A) Primary School£11,421
#18Monyash CofE Primary School£10,965
#19Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CofE Controlled Primary School£10,070
#20Castle View Primary School£9,789
#21Kniveton CofE Primary School£9,583
#22Litton CofE Primary School£9,582
#23Darley Churchtown Church of England Primary School£9,580
#24Rowsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School£9,563
#25Brassington Primary School£9,430
#26Tansley Primary School£9,282
#27Hilltop Primary Academy£9,115
#28St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy£9,003
#29Longford CofE Primary School£9,000
#30Taddington and Priestcliffe School£8,788
#31Pilsley CofE Primary School£8,771
#32Cromford Church of England Primary School£8,688
#33Hulland CofE Primary School£8,581
#34Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary School£8,526
#35South Darley CofE Primary School£8,148
#36Clifton CofE Primary School£8,113
#37Eyam CofE Primary School£7,992
#38Curbar Primary School£7,982
#39Doveridge Primary School£7,969
#40Brailsford CofE Primary School£7,903
#41Stanton-in-Peak CofE Primary School£7,876
#42Middleton Community Primary School£7,813
#43Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School£7,380
#44Longstone CofE Primary School£7,217
#45Hathersage St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School£6,822
#46Ashbourne Primary School£6,690
#47St Anne's CofE Primary School£6,522
#48St Oswald's CofE Primary School£6,423
#49Darley Dale Primary School£6,257
#50Norbury CofE Primary School£3,548

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