Highfields Spencer Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Derby, Derbyshire
Highfields Spencer Academy is a primary school in Derby, Derbyshire for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025.
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Catchment area for Highfields Spencer Academy
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- 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
- Tutbury Avenue, Littleover, Derby, DE23 3UX
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derbyshire
- Pupils on roll
- 258 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are happy and safe.”
- “The school is ambitious for all pupils to succeed and thrive.”
- “The school maintains high expectations for pupils’ behaviour within a positive and caring ethos.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, staff do not take sufficient account of pupils’ prior understanding or knowledge.”
- “As a result, they do not build on what pupils already know and understand.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Stenson Fields Primary Community School 1.5 mi Good
- Findern Primary School 1.7 mi Good
- Willington Primary School 2.6 mi Good
- Etwall Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good
- Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged
- Repton Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged
- Egginton Primary School 4.0 mi Not judged
- Chellaston Fields Spencer Academy 4.3 mi Good