SCHOOL PROFILE

Buxton Junior School: data, trends and context

Buxton Junior School is a primary school in Derbyshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
152071
Phase
Primary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Trust
EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
SK17 9DR
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
218
FSM eligible
34.9%
EAL / First language other than English
5.0%
SEND (total)
31.2%
SEN Support
26.1%
EHCP
5.0%
White British
85.8%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.7%
Overall absence
4.3%
Persistent absence
8.5%
Severe absence
0.85%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Primary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
DerbyshireLocal authority94.9%5.1%1.3%
East MidlandsRegion94.8%5.2%1.5%
EnglandEngland94.7%5.3%1.6%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 24 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
6.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
2.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Buxton Junior School is a primary school in Derbyshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.