Buxton Community School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Buxton, SK17 9EA
- Distance
- 1.4km away
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Palace Fields, Buxton, SK17 6AF
Local ranking23rd of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
450
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 23.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 89
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 419
- Boys
- 202 (50%)
- Girls
- 205 (50%)
- Capacity
- 450 (90% full)
- SEND
- 22.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.8%
- EAL
- 7.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 17.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,924/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.8%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- Black African: 2.9%
- White Irish: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.2%
87.8%
White British
4.1%
White Other
2.9%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Palace Fields
Buxton, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 146128
- UKPRN
- 10080989
- Establishment No.
- 4601
- Trust
- ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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