Barrow Hill Primary Academy
Primary school in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Requires improvement (Oct 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 18 October 2022, report published 5 December 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Barrow Hill Primary Academy (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Barrow Hill 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 April 2025
The last inspection was in October 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
- 0.8 milesHollingwood Primary School
Improved significantly (Oct 2024)
- 1.0 milesSpeedwell Infant School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024)
- 1.0 milesStaveley Junior School
Good (Oct 2023)
- 1.2 milesHenry Bradley Infant School
Good (Apr 2024)
- 1.2 milesSt Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School
School remains Good (Jun 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.