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Barrow Hill Primary Academy

PrimaryAges 3–11Academy

Barrow Hill, S43 2PG · Derbyshire local authority

Barrow Hill’s Schools page →

Getting in
7/7
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
74 pupils
63% of its 118 places
Free school meals
58%
58 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Barrow Hill Primary Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 74 pupils for 118 places
  • 58% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, October 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (7 of 7)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (S43 2) sold for a median £165,500; Barrow Hill’s is £143,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Barrow Hill Primary Academy?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

7
families put it first for September 2026
7
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Minerva Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Derbyshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.22 per place
80% got their first choice
1.04 per place
88% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Barrow Hill Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

84 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
14.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
8.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
74%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 44%Boys 56%
Its letter

No letter for Barrow Hill Primary Academy

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, October 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Barrow Hill Primary Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in S43 2, the school’s postcode sector

Barrow Hill property prices →
£165,500
median sale, 272 sales in 36 months · Barrow Hill £143,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025S43 2
S43 2Barrow Hill

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£260K
Semi-detached
£166K
Terraced
£144K
S43 2Barrow Hill

Homes in S43 2 sell for well over Barrow Hill’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

10 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−A−C+B−AC−C−B−Barrow Hill Primary Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Barrow Hill, S43 2PG

Barrow Hill Primary Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Barrow Hill Primary Academy?

For September 2026, 7 families put Barrow Hill Primary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 7 places were offered in all.

What is Barrow Hill Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (October 2022).

How much do houses cost near Barrow Hill Primary Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, S43 2, sold for a median £165,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (272 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Barrow Hill’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.