Buxton Community School
Secondary schoolBuxton Community School is a secondary school in High Peak, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 954 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, January 2020
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 29 January 2020
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Buxton Community School was 42.1, against 45.7 in High Peak and 46.2 in England.
32.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | High Peak | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.1 | 45.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32.6% | 42.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 64.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 172 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Buxton Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023530 m
- Burbage Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023, before the school changed790 m
- Buxton Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023, before the school changed980 m
- Harpur Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 20241.1 km
- St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 42.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
- St Anne's Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in High Peak
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).