School admissions in Buxton

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

14 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	6
Burbage Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	43
Dove Holes CofE Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	4
Earl Sterndale CofE Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	1
Great Hucklow CE PrimaryBuxton	1.00	1
Hartington CofE Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	3
Hollinsclough Church of England AcademyBuxton	1.00	2
Litton CofE Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	3
Manifold Church of England Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	12
Peak Dale Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	8
Peak Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	4
St Anne's Catholic Voluntary AcademyBuxton	1.00	27
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolBuxton	1.00	3
Taddington and Priestcliffe SchoolBuxton	1.00	5

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.