Buxton School[1]
Secondary · All-through · ages 3–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 49 48.6 2025/26[2]
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 74% 74% 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 48.6 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 48.9% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 15% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.21 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 45.2[6] | 39.2%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 42.4[4] | 35.2%[4] | +0.21[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 38.8[7] | 38%[7] | -0.18[7] | |
| 2021/22 | 44.3[8] | 50%[8] | +0.03[8] |
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 74% 2024/25[3]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 4% 2024/25[3]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 105 2024/25[3]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 105 2024/25[3]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[9]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
| Year | Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) | Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) | Reading, average scaled score | Maths, average scaled score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 69%[10] | 5%[10] | 106[10] | 105[10] |
| 2022/23 | 46%[11] | 0%[11] | 101[11] | 102[11] |
| 2018/19 | 67%[12] | 11%[12] | 103[12] | 104[12] |
| 2017/18 | 74%[13] | 10%[13] | 104[13] | 105[13] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 85% 2022/23[14]
- School sixth form
- 17% 2022/23[14]
- Sixth-form college
- 36% 2022/23[14]
- Further education college
- 30% 2022/23[14]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[14]
- Employment
- 0% 2022/23[14]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 87%[15] | 12%[15] | 44%[15] | 30%[15] | 0%[15] | 2%[15] |
| 2020/21 | 93%[16] | 15%[16] | 36%[16] | 38%[16] | 3%[16] | 0%[16] |
| 2019/20 | 94%[17] | 14%[17] | 36%[17] | 43%[17] | 0%[17] | 1%[17] |
| 2018/19 | 97%[18] | 19%[18] | 36%[18] | 41%[18] | 1%[18] | 0%[18] |
Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 20 Jun 2023[19]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[19]
- Report published
- 19 Sep 2023[19]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[19]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- School remains Good[19]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.7 Entry Sept 2026[21]
- Applications (any preference)
- 216 Entry Sept 2026[21]
- First preferences
- 51 Entry Sept 2026[21]
- Places offered
- 80 Entry Sept 2026[21]
- First preferences per place
- 0.6 Entry Sept 2026[21]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 230[21] | 40[21] | 73[21] | 3.2[21] | 0.5[21] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 260[21] | 48[21] | 96[21] | 2.7[21] | 0.5[21] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 196[21] | 35[21] | 113[21] | 1.7[21] | 0.3[21] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 224[21] | 55[21] | 104[21] | 2.2[21] | 0.5[21] |
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 3.7 Entry Sept 2026[21]
- Applications (any preference)
- 155 Entry Sept 2026[21]
- First preferences
- 38 Entry Sept 2026[21]
- Places offered
- 42 Entry Sept 2026[21]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[21]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 119[21] | 28[21] | 35[21] | 3.4[21] | 0.8[21] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 126[21] | 32[21] | 38[21] | 3.3[21] | 0.8[21] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 121[21] | 35[21] | 39[21] | 3.1[21] | 0.9[21] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 99[21] | 38[21] | 38[21] | 2.6[21] | 1.0[21] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Foundation school[1]
- Ages
- 3–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1110[1]
- Trust
- The Buxton School Learning Trust[1]
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest[1]
- Website
- http://www.buxtonschool.org.uk/[1]
- District
- Waltham Forest[22]
- Postcode
- E11 3NN[1]
- URN
- 103080[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1154 2024/25[23]
- English as an additional language
- 51.8% 2024/25[23]
- SEN support
- 16.6% 2024/25[23]
- EHC plan
- 5.7% 2024/25[23]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 40.1% 2024/25[23]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 36.2%[24]
- Mixed
- 12.1%[24]
- Asian
- 24%[24]
- Black
- 23.2%[24]
- Any other ethnic group
- 4.5%[24]
- Unclassified
- 0%[24]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quote
It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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