Barrow Hill Primary Academy
Station Road, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, S43 2PG
This school is closed (it closed in November 2024).
It was replaced by Barrow Hill Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Lauren Kay
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North East Derbyshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 118
- Pupils on roll
- 87
- URN
- 143179
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Barrow Hill Primary Academy was a primary academy in Chesterfield. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 87 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Barrow Hill Primary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2016, 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 10% | 30% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 20% | 40% | 30% |
| Expected standard in maths | 13% | 20% | 30% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 13% | 40% | 40% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 93.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 94.0 | 96.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -8.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.70 | - | - |
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 Barrow Hill Primary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 10% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 30% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 94 |
| 2023/24 | 87 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Barrow Hill Primary Academy compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 30% | 10.1% | 81.3% | 87 | — |
| Barrow Hill Primary Academy | — | 9.9% | 74% | 74 | 0.1 miles |
| Hollingwood Primary School | 64% | 3.5% | 25.1% | 313 | 0.9 miles |
| Speedwell Infant School | — | 6.6% | 62.4% | 103 | 1.0 miles |
| Staveley Junior School | 56% | 6.7% | 64.3% | 125 | 1.0 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School | 65% | 3.6% | 36.4% | 181 | 1.2 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 81.3%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 10.1%
- Persistent absence
- 32.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Barrow Hill Primary Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Hollingwood Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Speedwell Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Staveley Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
Other schools in Chesterfield
- Abercrombie Primary School Primary
- Arkwright Primary School Primary
- Ashover Primary School Primary
- Barlborough Primary School Primary
- Barrow Hill Primary Academy Primary
- Bolsover Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bolsover Infant School Primary
- Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Brampton Primary School Primary
- Brimington Junior School Primary
- Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Brockley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Barrow Hill Primary Academy teach?
- Barrow Hill Primary Academy taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Chesterfield.
- Has Barrow Hill Primary Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Barrow Hill Primary Academy 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 Barrow Hill Primary Academy?
- Barrow Hill Primary Academy had 87 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Barrow Hill Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 7% in 2022/23 and 30% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Barrow Hill Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Barrow Hill Primary Academy'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 2024.