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Birk Hill Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Chestnut Avenue, Eckington S21 4BE · birkhill.derbyshire.sch.uk · 01246 433205
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 63
- 42% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.2%
- First language not English
- 6.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 8 families put the school first and 11 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 21 | 0.7 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Birk Hill Infant & Nursery School on 19 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 19 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Needs attention |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective - Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 2 January 2022).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 23
- 16% · 2 Jan 2022
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied