Buxton Community School
College Road, Buxton, SK17 9EA
Local ranking25th of 46 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1331
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.6
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.9%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.4%
- Entering EBacc
- 8.9%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 192
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 36.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 36.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.3
Avg Points/Entry
35.4
Best 3 A-Levels
75
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.2%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 164
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1031
- Boys
- 510 (49%)
- Girls
- 521 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1331 (77% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.6%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,689/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.9%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 89.1%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Black Other: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
89.1%
White British
3.1%
White Other
3.1%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 149645
- UKPRN
- 10092166
- Establishment No.
- 4510
- Trust
- EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST