Breadsall Hill Top Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Derby
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Derby City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Breadsall Hill Top Primary School is a primary school in Derby for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Breadsall Hill Top Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 39 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of pupils here, 52.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 37.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Derby schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Andrew's View, Derby, DE21 4ET
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Breadsall Hill Top Primary School.”
- “They form positive and respectful relationships with their peers and staff.”
- “Staff know pupils well, particularly those who face barriers to accessing school.”
To improve
- “There remains some inconsistency in the effectiveness of teaching practice, which impacts upon how well pupils achieve.”
- “While leaders are successful in identifying and acting upon priorities, on occasion, school-improvement work is not highly impactful.”
- “Sometimes, in some subjects, information about how well pupils achieve is not used to shape teaching practice so that it is consistently high quality.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2026 (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) | 43% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 37 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 Derby.
- Roe Farm Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkview Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beaufort Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Cavendish Close Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cavendish Close Junior Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Derwent Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chaddesden Park Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published