Buxton Community School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- No rating
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Unique reference
- 149645
- Address
- College Road, SK17 9EA
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1069 (n/a of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.5%
- Girls
- 51.5%
- First language not English
- 1.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 23.3%
- Persistent absence
- 23.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 10.1%
White British 92.5%
Other White 2.5%
Mixed 2.5%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Pakistani 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Admissions
Buxton Community School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 144
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 140
- 2nd preference
- 53
- 3rd preference
- 22
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 140
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 22 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 179 87 92 |
| Year 8 | 180 90 90 |
| Year 9 | 174 85 89 |
| Year 10 | 198 90 108 |
| Year 11 | 183 94 89 |
| Year 12 | 92 49 43 |
| Year 13 | 63 23 40 |