Harpur Hill Primary School, Buxton
Harpur Hill Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 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
Harpur Hill Primary School in detail
Harpur Hill Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include choir, guitar and cooking.
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.
Coming up: an open day on Thursday 5 November 2026 at 1.30pm, an open day on Monday 16 November 2026 and an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Derbyshire
Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Harpur Hill Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 112523), 67% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 60% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Harpur Hill Primary 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 Harpur Hill Primary School are Harpur Hill Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 67% reading, 60% maths); Buxton Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 70% reading, 73% maths); Buxton Junior School (0.5 miles); and Buxton Infant School (0.9 miles, Good).
Harpur Hill Primary SchoolBuxton Junior SchoolBuxton Junior SchoolBuxton Infant School
The trust
Harpur Hill Primary 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 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Trent Avenue (adjacent), 140 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 123 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. 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 Harpur Hill Primary School are Buxton Community School (0.7 miles) and St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.3 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
Harpur Hill Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in May 2026. Before that, as Harpur Hill Primary School (URN 112523), it was rated Good in February 2019. See Harpur Hill Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Harpur Hill Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112523). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 63% to 67% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 60% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 66% to 79% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
Keep up with Harpur Hill Primary School
Nurseries
Playdays @ Harpur Hill is at Harpur Hill Primary School.
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Harpur Hill Primary School, with their latest published grades:
- Green Lane Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, 0.6 milesOfsted, 29 September 2021: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Buxton Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, 0.9 milesOfsted, 13 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Kip McGrath Buxton - Pre-school, 0.9 miles
- Serpentine Nursery School Ltd - Day nursery, 1.0 milesOfsted, 7 March 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
- Burbage Preschool - Day nursery, 1.3 milesOfsted, 17 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Term dates
Harpur Hill Primary 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 Harpur Hill Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Harpur Hill Primary 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
- 6
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
2 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 Harpur Hill Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112523). 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 | 46 | 46 | 77 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 81 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | 83 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 85 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | 87 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 78 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 26 | 26 | 67 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 30 | 29 | 71 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 38 | 28 | 76 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 38 | 39 | 90 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 49 | 48 | 111 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 50 | 51 | 125 | 1.0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 50 | 48 | 121 | 1.0 | 2 |
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 Harpur Hill Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 112523). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
5.0%
Overall absence
11.7%
Persistent absence
248
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
Harpur Hill Primary School
Questions parents ask about Harpur Hill Primary School
Are there exam results for Harpur Hill Primary School?
Harpur Hill Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 112523), 67% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 60% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Harpur Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Harpur Hill Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in May 2026. Before that, as Harpur Hill Primary School (URN 112523), it was rated Good in February 2019.
How many road collisions happen near Harpur Hill Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. 2 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 Harpur Hill Primary School?
Harpur Hill Primary School is at Trent Avenue, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9LP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)