Buxton Junior School, Buxton
Buxton Junior School is a primary school for pupils aged 7 to 11 in Buxton, part of Embark Multi Academy Trust.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Buxton Junior School in detail
Buxton Junior School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include multi-sports, dance and choir.
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £4.00 per session.
Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Buxton Junior School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 112521), 70% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Buxton Junior 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 Junior School are Buxton Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 70% reading, 73% maths); Buxton Infant School (0.4 miles); Buxton Infant School (0.4 miles, Good); and Harpur Hill Primary School (0.5 miles).
Buxton Junior SchoolBuxton Infant SchoolBuxton Infant SchoolHarpur Hill Primary School
The trust
Buxton Junior 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 1090 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Heath Grove (opposite), 120 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Buxton Junior School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 182 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 Junior School are Buxton Community School (0.3 miles) and St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.8 miles).
Buxton Community SchoolSt Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; 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 Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Buxton Junior School (URN 112521), it was rated Good in November 2017. See Buxton Junior School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Buxton Junior School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112521). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 70% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 66% to 73% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 70% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
Keep up with Buxton Junior School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Buxton Junior School.
- Kip McGrath Buxton740m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Buxton Junior 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
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Buxton Junior School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Buxton Junior 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
- 18
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 13 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Buxton
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Buxton
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 Junior School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112521). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
4.3%
Overall absence
8.5%
Persistent absence
235
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 Junior School
Questions parents ask about Buxton Junior School
Are there exam results for Buxton Junior School?
Buxton Junior School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 112521), 70% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Buxton Junior School's Ofsted rating?
Buxton Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Buxton Junior School (URN 112521), it was rated Good in November 2017.
What is the catchment area for Buxton Junior School?
No fixed boundary. When Buxton Junior School is oversubscribed, Derbyshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Buxton Junior School?
Apply through Derbyshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Buxton Junior School on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
Does Buxton Junior School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Buxton Junior School: Kip McGrath Buxton (740m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Buxton Junior School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 13 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 Junior School?
Buxton Junior School is at Buxton Junior School, Mosley Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9DR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)