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Akaal Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Free school
Grange Avenue, Derby DE23 8DG · akaalprimaryschool.org · 01332 499011
On the mapSearch near DE23 8DG
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derby 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 213
- 51% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Derby
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.3%
- First language not English
- 82.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 22 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 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Derby it was 57%, and across England 62%.
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | ▲69% | 62% |
| Higher standard | ●8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | ●105 | 106 |
| Maths | ●106 | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | ▲109 | 105 |
Ofsted
Akaal Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 1 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 1 Mar 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 142109)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 142109), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 142109)