Buxton Infant School
Buxton Infant School is a converter academy in Buxton for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
Hardwick Square, Buxton, SK17 6QB0129822499buxton-inf.derbyshire.sch.ukMrs Sarah Bennett headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 6 December 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Derbyshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.9% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.7% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.5% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 10.0% | 9.4% | 12.3% | 11.3% | 3.3% | 0.9% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Buxton Infant School, the school this one replaced in April 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Money
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buxton Junior School | Academy | 700 m | – | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy | Academy | 730 m | 252 | Good 2022 | 23 | Compare |
| Fairfield Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 840 m | – | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 165 | Good 2024 | 28 | Compare |
| Harpur Hill Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Burbage Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 355 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Peak Dale Primary School | Council | 2.6 miles | 77 | No overall grade 2024 | 18 | Compare |
| Dove Holes CofE Primary School | Church of England | 3.1 miles | 41 | Good 2024 | 45 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Buxton Infant School a good school?
Buxton Infant School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in December 2023.
What is Buxton Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Buxton Infant School good at its last full inspection on 6 December 2023.
How many pupils does Buxton Infant School have?
The number of pupils is not published.
What is attendance like at Buxton Infant School?
Pupils were in school 95.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 10% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Hardwick Square, Buxton, SK17 6QB
- Telephone
- 0129822499
- Website
- www.buxton-inf.derbyshire.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Bennett
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Embark Multi Academy Trust (29 schools)
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Ward
- Buxton Central
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2026 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152072 · LAESTAB 8302061 · UKPRN 10098928
- Formerly
- Buxton Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.