Schools in High Peak
51 state-funded schools, 11,380 pupils. 100% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 1 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
3 schools have been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in High Peak?
High Peak has 51 state-funded schools teaching 11,380 pupils. 40 primary, 7 secondary, 3 nursery.
What percentage of schools in High Peak are Good or Outstanding?
100% of the 48 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in High Peak are rated Good or Outstanding: 1 Outstanding and 47 Good. 0 require improvement and 0 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in High Peak are rated Outstanding?
1 school is currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in High Peak: Hadfield Nursery School.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Hadfield Nursery SchoolNursery54Outstanding 2024
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 40 | 38 | 100% |
| Secondary | 7 | 6 | 100% |
| Nursery | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Special | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Every school in High Peak
Showing 20 of 51 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
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Glossopdale School and Sixth Form | Secondary | 1,205 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Buxton Community School | Secondary | 1,031 | Good2020 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School | Secondary | 943 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
New Mills School | Secondary | 680 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 572 | Good2021 | OfstedWebsite | |
Hope Valley College | Secondary | 541 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School | Primary | 499 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 419 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Burbage Primary School Grade inherited from previous URN 112520 | Primary | 349 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School | Primary | 319 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School | Primary | 300 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Simmondley Primary School | Primary | 294 | Good2015 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Chinley Primary School | Primary | 234 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy | Primary | 228 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
New Mills Primary School | Primary | 212 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Andrew's CofE Junior School | Primary | 205 | Good2021 | OfstedWebsite | |
St Luke's CofE Primary School | Primary | 201 | Good2021 | OfstedWebsite | |
Gamesley Primary School | Primary | 197 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School | Primary | 196 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hayfield Primary School | Primary | 180 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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