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Schools in High Peak[1]

Local authority district E07000037 · 55 open schools[2]

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Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 59 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):

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 5%[4] 19%[4] 25%[4] 22%[4] 29%[4]
Employment 14%[4] 15%[4] 22%[4] 29%[4] 20%[4]
Education and skills 8%[4] 17%[4] 19%[4] 27%[4] 29%[4]
Health and disability 17%[4] 20%[4] 25%[4] 32%[4] 5%[4]
Crime 10%[4] 10%[4] 24%[4] 37%[4] 19%[4]
Housing and services 15%[4] 34%[4] 29%[4] 17%[4] 5%[4]
Living environment 29%[4] 22%[4] 27%[4] 7%[4] 15%[4]
Children in low-income families 7%[4] 14%[4] 25%[4] 22%[4] 32%[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: 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 (7)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Buxton Community School 11–18[2]
A8 42 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School 11–16[2]
A8 49 2025/26[8]
Glossopdale School and Sixth Form 11–18[2]
A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Hope Valley College 11–18[2]
A8 50 2025/26[8]
New Mills School 11–16[2]
A8 48 2025/26[8]
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy 11–16[2]
A8 49 2025/26[8]
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy 11–16[2]
A8 42 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (43)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy 5–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Bamford Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 75% 2023/24[11]
Burbage Primary School 5–11[2]
Buxton Infant School 4–7[2]
Buxton Junior School 7–11[2]
Buxworth Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 0% 2024/25[10]
Castleton CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 34% 2024/25[10]
Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Chinley Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Combs Infant School 2–7[2]
Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
Dove Holes CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 38% 2023/24[11]
Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Edale CofE Primary School 5–11[2]
Fairfield Infant and Nursery School 2–7[2]
Furness Vale Primary and Nursery School 3–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Gamesley Primary and Nursery School 2–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Hadfield Infant School 5–7[2]
Hague Bar Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
Harpur Hill Primary School 2–11[2]
Hayfield Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Hope Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 33% 2024/25[10]
New Mills Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Newtown Primary School (High Peak Federation) 4–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Padfield Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Peak Dale Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 21% 2024/25[10]
Peak Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4–11[2]
Simmondley Primary School 4–11[2]
St Andrew's CofE Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy 5–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
St George's CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
St Luke's CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy 4–11[2]
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 33% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Thornsett Primary School (High Peak Federation) 4–11[2]
KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Whaley Bridge Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]

Special schools and alternative provision (2)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Kershaw Wood 5–11[2]
Peak School 2–19[2]

Nursery schools (3)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Gamesley Early Excellence Centre 2–5[2]
Hadfield Nursery School 2–5[2]
New Mills Nursery School 3–5[2]

Sources

  1. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.