Reigate Park Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Reigate Drive, Mackworth Estate, Derby, DE22 4EQ – View on map
- Phone: 01332298969
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Karen Ratcliff
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 38 families put it first for 41 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 41 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 152
- % eligible for free school meals: 38.2%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (similar to the Derby average)
- English as an additional language: 20% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.9% a year (Derby 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 84% moved to another school, 16% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, 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.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Derby: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 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 Derby, 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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Hearing impairment 12 places · 12 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: 15.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Hearing impairment: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 47% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points below the Derby average (57%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 50% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 50%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 60% · Writing 54% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 101
- Based on: 60 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 43rd of 60 junior and primary schools in the area
- #42Lakeside Primary Academy48%
- =43Beaufort Primary School47%
- =43Reigate Park Primary Academy47%
- #45St James' Church of England Aided Junior School46%
- #46Shelton Junior School45%
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23rd of 36 primary schools in Derby for Ofsted rating
- #21Mickleover Primary SchoolGood
- #22Redwood Primary SchoolGood
- #23Reigate Park Primary AcademyGood
- #24Roe Farm Primary SchoolGood
- #25Silverhill Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,386 (2024-25)
37th of 50 primary schools in Derby for spending per pupil
- #35Wyndham Spencer Academy£6,487
- #36St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,430
- #37Reigate Park Primary Academy£6,386
- #38Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School£6,312
- #39Brookfield Primary School£6,211
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