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Cherry Tree Hill Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 605 pupils Derby
Ofsted: Good
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Cherry Tree Hill Primary School is an academy converter in Derby for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 605 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Cherry Tree Hill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, Cherry Tree Hill Primary School. In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: September 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Lime Grove
Chaddesden
Derby
Derbyshire
DE21 6WL
Phone 01332673520
Reference Number 146921

General Makeup

Number of pupils 605
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.73%
Girls: 47.27%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 36.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 8.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.4
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 33 36 69
2 40 33 73
3 49 33 82
4 47 40 87
5 38 49 87
6 37 48 85

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 84.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4%
White, Other 3.5%
White & Asian 1.5%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
Asian, Other 1.3%
Indian 1%
African 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Cherry Tree Hill Primary School, inspected in May 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 12 Jul 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
12 Jul 2023 School inspection
05 Apr 2019 Academy conversion letter
15 May 2018 Full inspection:
Previously as Cherry Tree Hill Primary School
15 Feb 2018 Monitoring visit
19 Apr 2016 Full inspection:
10 Sep 2014 Monitoring visit
18 Mar 2014 Monitoring visit
08 Jan 2014 Full inspection:
04 Jul 2012 Full inspection:
21 Sep 2009 Full inspection:
07 Mar 2007 Full inspection:
23 Sep 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.8
Writing -0.1
Maths -2.2

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 37 0
Third Preference 20 1
From another Local Authority 2 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Cherry Tree Hill Primary School had 576 pupils for 630 places. 54 places (8.6%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Cluster 5 Primary” planning area

Derby counted 283 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 268 in 2029–30, down 5%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 630630630630630630
Pupils 570583582583588576
Unfilled 9.5%7.5%7.6%7.5%6.7%8.6%

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 Cherry Tree Hill Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.6%4.7%3.7%3.9%3.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.8%1.2%1.6%1.7%1.8%
Severely absent pupils 1.0%0.4%0.2%0.2%1.7%

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, 0.7% of pupils at Cherry Tree Hill Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.81.11.11.71.6
Permanent exclusions 000201

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 Cherry Tree Hill Primary School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.712.712.011.212.812.211.3
Teachers who left state teaching 3.7%0.0%3.7%0.0%7.2%9.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –42.4%87.1%69.7%60.6%74.2%–
Sick days per teacher –1.37.84.02.83.2–

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, 10.7% of pupils at Cherry Tree Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 25 3
Social, emotional and mental health 22 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 9 5
Other difficulty or disability 2 2
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Hearing impairment 0 1
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Physical disability 1 0
Vision impairment 0 1

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 Cherry Tree Hill Primary School received £6,137 and spent £5,974 for each of its 605 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £425,000 (£703 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Odyssey Collaborative Trust, income was £6,956 and spending £6,799 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £79,000£125,000£49,000£28,000£325,000£425,000
per pupil £128£205£80£45£526£703
In-year balance -£29,000£44,000£164,000-£36,000£55,000£98,000
per pupil -£47£72£270-£59£89£163

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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Castleward Spencer Academy
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Beaufort Primary School
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1.78 miles
St Giles' Spencer Academy
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1.83 miles
Alvaston Infant and Nursery School
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Name Distance
West Park School
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0.81 miles
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1.52 miles
UTC Derby Pride Park
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1.54 miles
Da Vinci Academy
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1.63 miles
Kingsmead School
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1.69 miles
St Andrew's Academy
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1.82 miles
Landau Forte College
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2.46 miles
Aurora Ryefields School
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2.78 miles
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2.86 miles
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Normanton House School
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Royal School for the Deaf Derby
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The Bemrose School
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Cherry Tree Hill Primary School is part of Odyssey Collaborative Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

What is Cherry Tree Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cherry Tree Hill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, Cherry Tree Hill Primary School.

When was Cherry Tree Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cherry Tree Hill Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Cherry Tree Hill Primary School have?

Cherry Tree Hill Primary School has 605 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cherry Tree Hill Primary School cover?

Cherry Tree Hill Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Cherry Tree Hill Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cherry Tree Hill Primary School?

Cherry Tree Hill Primary School is at Lime Grove, Chaddesden, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 6WL.

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