Peak Dale Primary SchoolFairfield Infant and Nursery School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Buxton.

Summary of the comparison

Peak Dale Primary School and Fairfield Infant and Nursery School are primary schools in Buxton.

The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Peak Dale Primary School (27.0% in 2022-23, 21.0% in 2024-25).

Peak Dale Primary School versus Fairfield Infant and Nursery School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BuxtonPeak Dale Primary School	BuxtonFairfield Infant and Nursery School	England average
Overview
Our score	C55/100	Not scored
Local ranking	136th of 336 in Derbyshire	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-11	2-7
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	75	149
Capacity	88	180
Location	Buxton, SK17 8AJ	Buxton, SK17 7PQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	21.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	102.0	Not reported	106.0
Maths average scaled score	97.0	Not reported	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	75	149
Free school meals (ever 6)	18.7%	63.5%
English as an additional language	0.0%	4.7%
SEN support	21.3%	15.4%
SEN with an EHC plan	5.3%	2.7%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.8% Stronger figure	5.9%	6.2%
Persistent absence	10.4% Stronger figure	14.1%	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.