Primary school in Buxton, Derbyshire
Buxton Infant School
Hardwick Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6QB
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 180
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for High Peak 010C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 35%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 20%
- Households owning their home
- 34%
- Households in social housing
- 20%
- Households with no car
- 49%
- Adults economically inactive
- 49%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Jude Boyd
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Ward
- Buxton Central
- Constituency
- High Peak
- URN
- 152072
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buxton Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.4 mi |
| St Anne's Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 53% | 0.5 mi |
| Fairfield Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 0.5 mi |
| St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2024 | 53% | 0.7 mi |
| Harpur Hill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 0.9 mi |
| Burbage Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.9 mi |
| Peak Dale Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 21% | 2.6 mi |
| Dove Holes CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2024 | — | 3.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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