Schools in Derbyshire Dales[1]

Local authority district E07000035 · 65 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 43 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 1 (2%)[4]
second 20%: 3 (7%)[4]
middle 20%: 13 (30%)[4]
fourth 20%: 19 (44%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 7 (16%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	2%[4]	7%[4]	16%[4]	30%[4]	44%[4]
Employment	5%[4]	9%[4]	16%[4]	33%[4]	37%[4]
Education and skills	2%[4]	12%[4]	16%[4]	30%[4]	40%[4]
Health and disability	5%[4]	7%[4]	16%[4]	37%[4]	35%[4]
Crime	2%[4]	2%[4]	16%[4]	23%[4]	56%[4]
Housing and services	26%[4]	26%[4]	21%[4]	21%[4]	7%[4]
Living environment	44%[4]	26%[4]	9%[4]	19%[4]	2%[4]
Children in low-income families	2%[4]	7%[4]	16%[4]	40%[4]	35%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 72.0% of 32,271 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 39.2% of 61,066 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 16.2% of 61,065 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
Anthony Gell School	11–18[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Highfields School	11–18[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Lady Manners School	11–18[2]	A8 53 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (59)

School	Ages	Headline results
All Saints CofE Infant School	4–7[2]
All Saints CofE Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[10]
Ashbourne Primary School	3–11[2]
Bakewell CofE Infant School	5–7[2]
Bakewell Methodist Academy	7–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Biggin CofE Primary School	4–11[2]
Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Bonsall CofE (A) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Bradley CofE Primary School	4–11[2]
Bradwell CofE (Controlled) Infant School & Nursery	2–7[2]
Bradwell Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Brailsford CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Brassington Primary School	4–11[2]
Carsington and Hopton Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 22% 2023/24[11]
Castle View Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 33% 2024/25[10]
Clifton CofE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Cromford Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
Curbar Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Darley Churchtown Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Darley Dale Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Doveridge Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2023/24[11]
Earl Sterndale CofE Primary School	4–11[2]
Elton CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 0% 2023/24[11]
Eyam CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 60% 2023/24[11]
Great Hucklow CE Primary	3–11[2]
Grindleford Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Hartington CofE Primary School	4–11[2]
Hathersage St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Hilltop Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Hulland CofE Primary & Nursery School	2–11[2]
Kirk Ireton C of E Primary School	4–11[2]
Kniveton CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Litton CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Longford CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 100% 2024/25[10]
Longstone CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Marston Montgomery Primary School	4–11[2]
Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CofE Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]
Middleton Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Monyash CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Norbury CofE Primary School	4–11[2]
Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 90% 2024/25[10]
Parwich Primary School	4–11[2]
Pilsley CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Rowsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
South Darley CofE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
St Anne's CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 37% 2024/25[10]
St Oswald's CofE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Stanton-in-Peak CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Stoney Middleton CofE (C) Primary School	3–11[2]
Sudbury Primary School	3–11[2]
Taddington and Priestcliffe School	4–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Tansley Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 23% 2024/25[10]
Winster CofE Primary School	4–11[2]
Wirksworth CofE Infant School	5–7[2]
Wirksworth Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Youlgrave, All Saints' CofE (VA) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 25% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
St Anselm's School	0–13[2]

Nursery schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Flagg Nursery School	2–5[2]

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