Peak School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Buxton Road
 Chinley
 High Peak
 Derbyshire SK23 6ES
Telephone: 01663 750324

School Type

Phase: Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 2-19)
Type: Special Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Special
Established: 2018
History: This school arose from Peak School
Trust: Esteem Multi-Academy Trust
Sponsor: Esteem Multi-Academy Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Jo Howarth (since May 2024 – came from Mossbrook School)
Previous Headteacher: Nicola Price (went to Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School)
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 12.6 / 36.8
Non-teaching Staff*: 52.81
Number of pupils: 89
Pupils Per Teacher: 7.1
Sex: Mixed (73% boys / 27% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 67.10% (high)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 24.8%
Local child deprivation rate: 8.4% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 8.4%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 7.0%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 5.1km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Authority: Derbyshire
Constituency: High Peak
Electoral Ward: Blackbrook
School Number: 8307017

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 1st July 2025 (view record)

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Chinley Primary School (0.4km) show on map
  2. Buxworth Primary School (2.2km) show on map
  3. Chapel-en-le-Frith High School (2.5km) show on map
  4. Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School (2.6km) show on map
  5. Furness Vale Primary and Nursery School (3.7km) show on map
  6. Whaley Bridge Primary School (3.8km) show on map
  7. Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School (4.2km) show on map
  8. Combs Infant School (4.4km) show on map
  9. Hayfield Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  10. New Mills School (5.1km) show on map
  11. St George's CofE Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  12. Newtown Primary School (High Peak Federation) (5.4km) show on map
  13. New Mills Nursery School (5.4km) show on map
  14. St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy (5.4km) show on map
  15. Dove Holes CofE Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  16. Thornsett Primary School (High Peak Federation) (5.5km) show on map
  17. New Mills Primary School (5.5km) show on map
  18. Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary School (6.3km) show on map
  19. Hague Bar Primary School (6.9km) show on map
  20. Disley Primary School (7.1km) show on map
  21. Peak Dale Primary School (7.5km) show on map
  22. Peak Forest Church of England Voluntary Contr... (7.9km) show on map
  23. Oaklands Manor School (8.2km) show on map
  24. Edale CofE Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  25. St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy (8.7km) show on map
  26. St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy (8.8km) show on map
  27. Buxton and Leek College (8.9km) show on map
  28. Mellor Primary School (9.1km) show on map
  29. Brookside Primary School (9.2km) show on map
  30. Fairfield Infant and Nursery School (9.3km) show on map
  31. Pinc Woodlands College (9.3km) show on map
  32. St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School (9.3km) show on map
  33. Buxton Infant School (9.4km) show on map
  34. High Lane Primary School (9.5km) show on map
  35. Windlehurst School (9.6km) show on map
  36. Burbage Primary School (9.7km) show on map
  37. Buxton Community School (10.0km) show on map
  38. Buxton Junior School (10.0km) show on map
  39. All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple (10.1km) show on map
  40. Brabyns Preparatory School (10.4km) show on map
  41. St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy (10.5km) show on map
  42. Acorns School (10.5km) show on map
  43. Ludworth Primary School (10.5km) show on map
  44. Castleton CofE Primary School (10.5km) show on map
  45. Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School (10.6km) show on map
  46. Harpur Hill Primary School (10.9km) show on map
  47. St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy (11.2km) show on map
  48. Rose Hill Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  49. Simmondley Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  50. Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  51. Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School (11.4km) show on map
  52. St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy (11.4km) show on map
  53. Rainow Primary School (11.5km) show on map
  54. Worth Primary School (11.6km) show on map
  55. Kershaw Wood (11.8km) show on map
  56. Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School (11.9km) show on map
  57. Poynton High School (11.9km) show on map
  58. Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Pri... (11.9km) show on map
  59. Adlington Primary School (12.0km) show on map
  60. St Luke's CofE Primary School (12.0km) show on map
  61. St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy (12.1km) show on map
  62. Torkington Primary School (12.1km) show on map
  63. Marple Hall School (12.1km) show on map
  64. All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy (12.2km) show on map
  65. Hope Valley College (12.2km) show on map
  66. Bollington St John's CofE Primary School (12.2km) show on map
  67. Vernon Primary School (12.2km) show on map
  68. St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntar... (12.4km) show on map
  69. Gamesley Primary School (12.4km) show on map
  70. Gamesley Early Excellence Centre (12.5km) show on map
  71. Broadbottom Church of England Primary School (12.5km) show on map
  72. Hope Primary School (12.7km) show on map
  73. Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School (12.7km) show on map
  74. Warren Wood Primary School (12.7km) show on map
  75. Bradwell Junior School (12.8km) show on map
  76. St Simon's Catholic Primary School (12.9km) show on map
  77. Norbury Hall Primary School (12.9km) show on map
  78. Dean Valley Community Primary School (13.0km) show on map
  79. Bradwell CofE (Controlled) Infant School & Nursery (13.0km) show on map
  80. Romiley Primary School (13.1km) show on map
  81. Glossopdale School and Sixth Form (13.1km) show on map
  82. Lower Park School (13.1km) show on map
  83. Hazel Grove Primary School (13.2km) show on map
  84. Peak Forest (13.2km) show on map
  85. St Peter's Catholic Primary School (13.4km) show on map
  86. Bollington Cross CofE Primary School (13.5km) show on map
  87. Pinfold Primary School (13.5km) show on map
  88. Hadfield Nursery School (13.5km) show on map
  89. St Andrew's CofE Junior School (13.6km) show on map
  90. Agricultural and Rural Centre (13.6km) show on map
  91. Mottram CofE Primary School (13.6km) show on map
  92. Dial Park Primary School (13.6km) show on map
  93. St Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Volunt... (13.6km) show on map
  94. Hadfield Infant School (13.6km) show on map
  95. Padfield Community Primary School (13.7km) show on map
  96. Moorfield Primary School (13.7km) show on map
  97. Hazel Grove High School (13.8km) show on map
  98. Greave Primary School (13.8km) show on map
  99. Arundale Primary School (13.9km) show on map
  100. St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy (13.9km) show on map
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Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

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