St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Buxton · SK17 0NZ
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 21 March 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
20 pupils · 48% of 42 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 35.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151576
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 3 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2024; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 21 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2024 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2024 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Staffordshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 95% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Staffordshire 2%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 33% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 21.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 31.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 76.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 8.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 15.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 66.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 4.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 24.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029817 · how to read area figures
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 1a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted