Herbert Strutt Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Belper, Derbyshire
Herbert Strutt Primary School is a primary school in Belper, Derbyshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2023.
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Catchment area for Herbert Strutt Primary School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Thornhill Avenue, Belper, DE56 1SH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Derbyshire
- Pupils on roll
- 178 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2023
Strengths
- “Herbert Strutt Primary School is a happy place with a strong sense of community.”
- “Pupils enjoy positive relationships with staff and each other.”
- “The school is calm and orderly.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculums for some foundation subjects do not identify well enough the subject-specific knowledge and concepts that pupils need to learn.”
- “The school has not considered how pupils will build knowledge in these subjects over time.”
- “This means that pupils remember knowledge insecurely and struggle to make links between topics they have learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 71% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 9 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derbyshire.
- Pottery Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement
- Holbrook Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged
- St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good
- Milford Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained
- Long Row Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi Not judged
- Kilburn Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi Good
- Kilburn Junior School 1.5 mi School remains Good