Burbage Primary School
Cavendish Avenue, Burbage, Buxton, SK17 9AE
This school is closed (it closed in November 2025).
It was replaced by Burbage Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Anthony Tierney
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 350
- Pupils on roll
- 349
- URN
- 112520
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Burbage Primary School was a community primary school in Buxton. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 349 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Burbage Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 50 | 41 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 76% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 10% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 90% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 88% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 85% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 109.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Burbage Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 348 |
| 2023/24 | 350 |
| 2024/25 | 349 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Burbage Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 3.4% | 15.2% | 349 | — |
| Burbage Primary School | — | — | — | 355 | 0.0 miles |
| Buxton Junior School | — | — | — | — | 0.8 miles |
| Buxton Infant School | — | — | — | — | 0.9 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 53% | 6.2% | 27.2% | 252 | 1.1 miles |
| Harpur Hill Primary School | — | — | — | — | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.19%
- English as an additional language
- 0.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.42%
- Persistent absence
- 4.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Burbage Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Buxton
-
Buxton Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Buxton
-
Buxton Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Buxton
-
St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Buxton
-
Harpur Hill Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Buxton
Other schools in Buxton
- Biggin CofE Primary School Primary
- Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School Primary
- Burbage Primary School Primary
- Buxton Infant School Primary
- Buxton Junior School Primary
- Dove Holes CofE Primary School Primary
- Earl Sterndale CofE Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Great Hucklow CE Primary Primary
- Harpur Hill Primary School Primary
- Hartington CofE Primary School Primary
- Hollinsclough Church of England Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Burbage Primary School teach?
- Burbage Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Buxton.
- Has Burbage Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Burbage Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Burbage Primary School?
- Burbage Primary School had 349 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Burbage Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Burbage Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Burbage Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2025.