Buxton Infant School, Buxton
Buxton Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 7 in Buxton, part of Embark Multi Academy Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Derbyshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Buxton Infant School in detail
Getting a place at Buxton Infant School
Across Derbyshire, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Derbyshire lodged 161 appeals against primary school offers; 108 reached a hearing and 13 succeeded (12% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Buxton Infant School are Buxton Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Buxton Junior School (0.4 miles); Buxton Junior School (0.4 miles, Good, 70% reading, 73% maths); and St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 67% reading, 63% maths).
Buxton Infant SchoolBuxton Junior SchoolBuxton Junior SchoolSt Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy
The trust
Buxton Infant School is one of 29 schools run by Embark Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Buxton Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Market Place, 200 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Buxton Infant School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 172 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Buxton Infant School are St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles) and Buxton Community School (0.6 miles).
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary AcademyBuxton Community School
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Buxton Infant School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Buxton Infant School (URN 112522), it was rated Good in December 2023. See Buxton Infant School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Buxton Infant School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Buxton Infant School.
- Kip McGrath BuxtonAt the school · Not yet graded
Nurseries
Buxton Nursery Ltd is at Buxton Infant School. Ofsted, 13 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective.
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Buxton Infant School, with their latest published grades:
- Kip McGrath Buxton - Pre-school, under 0.1 miles
- Green Lane Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, 0.4 milesOfsted, 29 September 2021: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Serpentine Nursery School Ltd - Day nursery, 0.4 milesOfsted, 7 March 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Minnie Me Pre School - Day nursery, 0.8 milesOfsted, 4 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Burbage Preschool - Day nursery, 1.0 milesOfsted, 17 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Term dates
Buxton Infant School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Derbyshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Buxton Infant School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Buxton Infant School is in Derbyshire; for families living there:
- Derbyshire's school travel policy: Home to school transport policy 2026 to 2027 - 465KB
- How to apply: Apply for home to school transport assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 39
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 11
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 39 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 11 serious and 28 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Derbyshire is 6 (the median across 454 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Applications and offers at Buxton Infant School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112522). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 42 | 105 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 101 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 42 | 41 | 96 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 57 | 56 | 136 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | 128 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 137 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 60 | 62 | 146 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 53 | 49 | 131 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 60 | 60 | 152 | 1.0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 51 | 51 | 141 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 60 | 61 | 152 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 56 | 46 | 146 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2014 | 59 | 63 | 166 | 1.1 | 5 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Across Derbyshire council
Places available
9,875
Applications
7,189
Got 1st preference
94.5%
Got preferred school
99.2%
All primary applications across Derbyshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Buxton Infant School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112522). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
4.9%
Overall absence
10.0%
Persistent absence
110
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Buxton Infant School
Questions parents ask about Buxton Infant School
What is Buxton Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Buxton Infant School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Buxton Infant School (URN 112522), it was rated Good in December 2023.
Does Buxton Infant School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Kip McGrath Buxton (registered, not yet graded).
How many road collisions happen near Buxton Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 39 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 11 serious and 28 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Derbyshire is 6 (the median across 454 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Buxton Infant School?
Buxton Infant School is at Hardwick Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6QB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)