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Hilltop Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Wyaston Road, Ashbourne DE6 1NB · ashbournehilltopschool.co.uk · 01335 343041
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derbyshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 126
- 90% of 140 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 37.1%
- First language not English
- 10.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 17 families put the school first and 20 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 | 20 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Derbyshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | ▼53% | 62% |
| Higher standard | ●6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | ●104 | 106 |
| Maths | ▼102 | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | ●104 | 105 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112686)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Hilltop Primary Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 13 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 13 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112686)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112686), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Nov 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Dec 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 Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112686)
May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112686)
Jul 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112686)