Highfields Spencer Academy

State-Funded School

highfields-spencer-academy-derbyshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

South DerbyshireConstituency

DE23 3UXPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Highfields Spencer Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

It currently serves 258 pupils. Highfields Spencer Academy is part of THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

44%

Asian

32%

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

258

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

22%

England average

27%

First language not English

45%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 258
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 Jul 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
22 Mar 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.