Birk Hill Infant & Nursery School, Eckington
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school excels in early years education, where children develop strong communication skills and make good progress towards Year 1. Teachers are particularly skilled at phonics and reading instruction, helping pupils achieve well in the phonics screening check. The school creates a calm, positive learning environment where behaviour is good and pupils feel safe and supported.
Key Strengths
- Strong early years curriculum with effective support for communication and language development
- Effective phonics teaching and reading programme with good pupil progress
- Positive behaviour and well-established routines that create calm, orderly classrooms
- Leaders understand pupils' needs well and work effectively with families and external agencies
- Safeguarding culture is open and positive with all legal requirements met
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistent teaching quality across subjects means pupils struggle to remember learning in history, art, geography and some mathematics areas
- Staff do not always identify and correct pupils' mistakes quickly enough, leading to repeated errors
- Some staff lack subject knowledge to teach the curriculum effectively
- Leaders and governors lack clear monitoring of whether support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND is having the intended impact
- Limited wider enrichment experiences beyond school trips to help develop pupils' interests and talents
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met. Leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
School trips and visits
Birk Hill Infant & Nursery School has secure early years provision where children make notable progress, but there are inconsistencies in teaching quality across other subjects that are limiting achievement for some pupils.
At a Glance
30.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
21.5
Avg class size
24.7
Infant (KS1)
4
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
42%
Available places
63 pupils
150 capacity
87 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Eckington
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Admissions Demand - Derbyshire
Places available
9,886
Applications
7,225
Got 1st preference
96.4%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Primary admissions across Derbyshire (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.08691%
Overall absence
19.29825%
Persistent absence
57
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Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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