Best Primary Schools in Buxton

We checked all 20 primary schools in Buxton, Derbyshire, and list every one: 6 ranked, then 14 without a rank.

Schools checked
20
Ranked
6
Without a rank
14

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Buxton. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Derbyshire. Derbyshire also has rankings for Chesterfield, Swadlincote, Matlock, Ashbourne, Ilkeston and all of Derbyshire.

Ranked primary schools in Buxton

  1. 1

    Taddington and Priestcliffe School

    Local authority maintained, 64 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    88%
    Higher standard
    25%

  2. 2

    Litton CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 42 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    25%

  3. 3

    Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School

    Academy, 75 pupils, inspected May 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    18%

  4. 4

    St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 165 pupils, inspected April 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    6%

  5. 5

    St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 252 pupils, inspected December 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    3%

  6. 6

    Peak Dale Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 77 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    21%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Buxton without a rank