Breadsall Hill Top Primary School
St Andrew's View, Derby, DE21 4ET
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TRANSFORM TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ruth McNeil
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Transform Trust
- Constituency
- Derby North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 668
- Pupils on roll
- 418
- URN
- 144624
- Local authority
- Derby
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01332341451
About this school
Breadsall Hill Top Primary School is a primary academy in Derby. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 418 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 59 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 34% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 53% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 49% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 46% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 99.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 98.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
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 Breadsall Hill Top 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 | 40% | 53.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 34% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 55.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 423 |
| 2023/24 | 428 |
| 2024/25 | 416 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Breadsall Hill Top Primary School compares
Breadsall Hill Top Primary School ranked 48th of 60 primary schools in Derby for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 5.7% | 53.9% | 418 | — |
| Roe Farm Primary School | 40% | 7.4% | 53% | 347 | 0.4 miles |
| Parkview Primary School | 82% | 4.3% | 13.3% | 218 | 0.7 miles |
| Beaufort Primary School | 47% | 5.7% | 49.4% | 224 | 0.7 miles |
| Breadsall CofE VC Primary School | 88% | 2.6% | 6.9% | 116 | 0.9 miles |
| Cavendish Close Infant School | — | 6% | 33.6% | 287 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 February 2026
- 5 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.89%
- English as an additional language
- 9.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.72%
- Persistent absence
- 14.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Roe Farm Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Parkview Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Derby.
-
Beaufort Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Breadsall CofE VC Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Breadsall
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Cavendish Close Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Derby
Other schools in Derby
Breadsall Hill Top Primary School ranks 70th of the 86 ranked primary 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 year groups does Breadsall Hill Top Primary School teach?
- Breadsall Hill Top Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Derby.
- Who is the headteacher of Breadsall Hill Top Primary School?
- The headteacher of Breadsall Hill Top Primary School is Mrs Ruth McNeil, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Breadsall Hill Top Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Breadsall Hill Top Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Breadsall Hill Top Primary School?
- Breadsall Hill Top Primary School has 418 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Breadsall Hill Top Primary School full?
- Breadsall Hill Top Primary School has capacity for 668 pupils and 418 on roll (63%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Breadsall Hill Top Primary School a faith school?
- No. Breadsall Hill Top Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Breadsall Hill Top Primary School a selective school?
- No. Breadsall Hill Top Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Breadsall Hill Top Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Breadsall Hill Top Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Breadsall Hill Top Primary School?
- Breadsall Hill Top Primary School is part of TRANSFORM TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Breadsall Hill Top Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Breadsall Hill Top Primary School rank locally?
- Breadsall Hill Top Primary School ranked 48th of 60 primary schools in Derby for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Breadsall Hill Top Primary School's absence rate?
- Breadsall Hill Top Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Breadsall Hill Top Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Breadsall Hill Top 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 10 July 2026.