Buxton Community School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Buxton, SK17 9EA
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Buxton Community School
College Road, Buxton, SK17 9EA
Secondary
Phase
1331
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 May 2023 and continues as Buxton Community School (URN 149645) (opened 1 June 2023). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
GCSE Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2023-24 — showing latest available results
- Average Attainment 8
- 43.8 nat46.3
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.0% nat45.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.0% nat65.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 10.0% nat39.0%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.0
- Cohort Size
- 185
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2023-24 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 34.2
36.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 34.7
57
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.8% nat15.8%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 138
Pupil Demographics
- Total Pupils
- 1055
- Boys
- 512 (49%)
- Girls
- 543 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1331 (79% full)
Attendance & Absence
2022-23*Data not available for 2023-24 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.8%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.5% nat18.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.8%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
- Black Other: 0.3%
93.8%
White British
2.5%
White Other
0.9%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
College Road
Buxton, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 112970
- UKPRN
- 10001069
- Establishment No.
- 4510
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- D50Buxton Community School
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- C55St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
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- C61Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
High Peak · 7.6km away
Schools like this
The nearest secondary schools to Buxton Community School
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Buxton, SK17 6AF
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- High Peak, SK23 0TQ
- Distance
- 7.6km away
New Mills School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- High Peak, SK22 4NR
- Distance
- 13.9km away
Tytherington School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Macclesfield, SK10 2EE
- Distance
- 13.9km away
The Macclesfield Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D41
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Macclesfield, SK11 8JR
- Distance
- 14.4km away