Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 20 June 2023
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
84%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
25 responses up to 1 April 2024 · 2% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
88% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
88% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
80% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
45% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
76% agreeBuxton School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 14 November 2017. Ofsted inspected it again on 20 June 2023 without giving a new overall grade.
No. Distance only counts when Buxton School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its governing body, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Buxton School had 1,154 pupils aged 3 to 16 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 1,170. It is a mixed school with no sixth form, so students move on at 16.