Hilltop Primary Academy
Primary school in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Requires improvement (Sep 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 13 September 2022, report published 9 November 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Ashbourne Hilltop Primary and Nursery School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Hilltop Primary Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around March 2025
The last inspection was in September 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.7 milesSt Oswald's CofE Primary School
School remains Good (Jun 2024)
- 0.9 milesAshbourne Primary School
Good (Jan 2022)
- 1.1 milesClifton CofE Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (May 2025)
- 1.4 milesOsmaston CofE (VC) Primary School
Good (Apr 2024)
- 2.6 milesBradley CofE Primary School
Not inspected yet
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.