Heage Primary School, Belper
Heage Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Belper, part of Transform Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Derbyshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Heage Primary School in detail
Heage Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £10.00 per session.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Heage Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 112773), 83% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Heage Primary School
Across Derbyshire, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Derbyshire lodged 161 appeals against primary school offers; 108 reached a hearing and 13 succeeded (12% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Heage Primary School are Ambergate Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 73% reading, 45% maths); Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School (1.6 miles, Good, 80% reading, 70% maths); St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery (1.7 miles, Good, 70% reading, 68% maths); and Pottery Primary School (1.7 miles, Requires improvement, 68% reading, 53% maths).
Ambergate Primary SchoolFritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery SchoolSt John's CofE Primary School and NurseryPottery Primary School
The trust
Heage Primary School is one of 27 schools run by Transform Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Ambergate Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (adjacent), 20 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 11 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50).
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Heage Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in March 2026. Before that, as Heage Primary School (URN 112773), it was rated Good in December 2021.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Heage Primary School before it took its current form in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112773). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 75% to 83% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 65% to 72% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 50% to 79% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
Keep up with Heage Primary School
Term dates
Heage Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Derbyshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Heage Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Heage Primary School is in Derbyshire; for families living there:
- Derbyshire's school travel policy: Home to school transport policy 2026 to 2027 - 465KB
- How to apply: Apply for home to school transport assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 9 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Derbyshire is 6 (the median across 454 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Heage Primary School before it took its current form in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112773). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 26 | 25 | 61 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 53 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 23 | 21 | 49 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 25 | 23 | 52 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 29 | 33 | 59 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 26 | 24 | 53 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 30 | 33 | 71 | 1.1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 27 | 26 | 49 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | 43 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 24 | 23 | 43 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 25 | 23 | 43 | 0.9 | 1 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Belper
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Belper
Across Derbyshire council
Places available
9,875
Applications
7,189
Got 1st preference
94.5%
Got preferred school
99.2%
All primary applications across Derbyshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Heage Primary School before it took its current form in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112773). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
3.4%
Overall absence
6.9%
Persistent absence
159
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Heage Primary School
Questions parents ask about Heage Primary School
Are there exam results for Heage Primary School?
Heage Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 112773), 83% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Heage Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Heage Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in March 2026. Before that, as Heage Primary School (URN 112773), it was rated Good in December 2021.
What is the catchment area for Heage Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Heage Primary School is oversubscribed, Derbyshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Heage Primary School?
Apply through Derbyshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Heage Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Heage Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 9 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Derbyshire is 6 (the median across 454 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Heage Primary School?
Heage Primary School is at School Lane, Heage, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2AL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)