Akaal Primary School
Grange Avenue, Derby, DE23 8DG
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Akaal Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Sikh
- Headteacher
- Mr Harmander Dhanjal
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Derby South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 211
- URN
- 142109
- Local authority
- Derby
About this school
Akaal Primary School was a Sikh primary academy in Derby. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 211 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Akaal Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2015, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 42% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 42% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -7.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.30 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Akaal Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derby average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12% | 53.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 55.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Akaal Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.7% | 29.9% | 211 | — |
| Akaal Primary School | 69% | 6.2% | 34.3% | 213 | 0.0 miles |
| Village Primary Academy | 56% | 6.3% | 64.6% | 700 | 0.3 miles |
| Ridgeway Infant School | — | 7.5% | 24.6% | 229 | 0.6 miles |
| Gayton Junior School | 78% | 5.5% | 34.8% | 359 | 0.6 miles |
| St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 75% | 3.7% | 24.3% | 341 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.9%
- English as an additional language
- 70.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.7%
- Persistent absence
- 32.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Akaal Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Village Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Ridgeway Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Gayton Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Derby
-
St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Derby
Other schools in Derby
- Akaal Primary School Primary
- Allenton Primary School Primary
- Alvaston Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Alvaston Junior Academy Primary
- Arboretum Primary School Primary
- Ash Croft Primary Academy Primary
- Ashbrook Infant School Primary
- Ashbrook Junior School Primary
- Ashgate Primary School Primary
- Ashwood Spencer Academy Primary
- Asterdale Primary School Primary
- Aston-on-Trent Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Akaal Primary School teach?
- Akaal Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Derby.
- Has Akaal Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Akaal Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Akaal Primary School?
- Akaal Primary School had 211 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Akaal Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 12% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Akaal Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Akaal Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2023.