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Birk Hill Infant & Nursery School

Primary · Eckington · S21 4BE

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 19 May 2026 · report published 25 June 2026

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At a glance

63 pupils · 42% of 150 capacity

School type
Community school
Age range
3–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
30.2% of pupils
English as additional language
9.8% of pupils
SEN support
17.4% of pupils
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.birkhill.derbyshire.sch.uk
URN
112543

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.73 first-choice applications per place

11 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.4%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,877
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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