Walton Peak Flying High Academy, Chesterfield

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am Mark Parkinson and I am proud to be the Headteacher of Walton Peak Flying High Primary and Nursery Academy."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care.

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Walton Peak Flying High Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 95% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Derbyshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 76% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 16 families put Walton Peak Flying High Academy as their first choice and 44 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Walton Peak Flying High Academy are Spire Junior School (0.4 miles, Good, 46% reading, 60% maths); William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School (0.4 miles, 45% reading, 52% maths); Spire Nursery and Infant School (0.5 miles, Good); and Brampton Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 36% reading, 43% maths).

Walton Peak Flying High Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Walton Peak Flying High Academy is one of 39 schools run by Flying High Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

45.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 11.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (73%), Black (10%) and Mixed (7%).

Walton Peak Flying High Academy had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Chesterfield Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Whitecotes School (opposite), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Walton Peak Flying High Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 460 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.

Walton Peak Flying High Academy recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Walton Peak Flying High Academy are Parkside Community School (0.4 miles), Outwood Academy Hasland Hall (1.3 miles) and Brookfield Community School (1.5 miles).