Reigate Park Primary Academy

Reigate Park Primary Academy has been inspected for the first time and has achieved a 'Good' rating across all areas. The school is described as caring and inclusive, with students feeling safe and happy while engaging in their learning. Notably, the pupils' proficiency in British Sign Language (BSL) is highlighted as a significant strength, contributing to their personal development and respect for diversity. Leadership and management are effective, ensuring a supportive environment for both pupils and staff.

Strengths

• Strong provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Pupils are well-behaved and committed to their learning.
• Early years provision is well-resourced and supportive.
• Curriculum design is broad and ambitious, promoting cross-subject links.
• Effective teaching strategies that enhance pupil understanding.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject leaders do not effectively monitor teaching quality.
• Inconsistent checking of pupils' knowledge retention by some teachers.
• Books for younger pupils are not always matched to their phonics skills.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Reigate Park Primary Academy attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Reigate Park Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Reigate Park Primary Academy had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.6% of pupils at Reigate Park Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 9 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Reigate Park Primary Academy received £7,157 and spent £6,938 for each of its 428 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £773,000 (£1,806 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of The Harmony Trust Ltd, income was £7,256 and spending £7,263 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Derby · Derby local authority: places and applications

Reigate Park Primary Academy is part of The Harmony Trust Ltd, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Hackwood Primary Academy Derby
• Carlyle Infant and Nursery Academy Derby
• Village Primary Academy Derby
• Cottons Farm Primary Academy Derby
• Lakeside Primary Academy Derby
• Cavendish Close Junior Academy Derby
• Ash Croft Primary Academy Derby
• Alvaston Junior Academy Derby
• Greenfield Primary Academy Cheshire
• Alt Academy Oldham

What is Reigate Park Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Reigate Park Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Reigate Park Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Reigate Park Primary Academy was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Reigate Park Primary Academy have?

Reigate Park Primary Academy has 409 pupils on roll.

What age range does Reigate Park Primary Academy cover?

Reigate Park Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Reigate Park Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Reigate Park Primary Academy?

Reigate Park Primary Academy is at Reigate Drive, Mackworth Estate, Derby, DE22 4EQ.