Harpur Hill Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Buxton, SK17 9LP
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Harpur Hill Primary School
Trent Avenue, Harpur Hill, Buxton, SK17 9LP
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
350
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 20 November 2024.
School history and status
Closed on 30 April 2026 and continues as Harpur Hill Primary School (URN 152073) (opened 1 May 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 50.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 42
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 287
- Boys
- 146 (50%)
- Girls
- 146 (50%)
- Capacity
- 350 (83% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.9%
- EAL
- 1.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 16.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,517/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 94.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- White Irish: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
94.8%
White British
1.4%
Mixed White & Asian
1.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 112523
- UKPRN
- 10077271
- Establishment No.
- 2062
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