Buxton School

Buxton School is performing well overall, maintaining its good status from the last inspection in November 2017. Leaders and staff have created a nurturing environment where pupils feel settled and are well supported, particularly those with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND). The curriculum is ambitious and designed to meet the diverse needs of all pupils, and leaders are making concerted efforts to continually develop and improve the curriculum, particularly in reading and phonics, where initiatives are in place to foster a love for reading and ensure fluency among pupils.

Strengths

• Strong school values of ambition, honesty, academia, kindness, and family.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, ensuring their needs are met.
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum aligned with national standards.
• Positive behaviour management and high expectations leading to minimal disruptions in lessons.
• Enrichment activities and educational visits tailored to student interests.
• Rigorous safeguarding measures and effective support for pupil safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the implementation and retention of knowledge in some newer curriculum subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Buxton School attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.7% of pupils at Buxton School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Buxton School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.7% of pupils at Buxton School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 2 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Buxton School received £9,885 and spent £10,102 for each of its 1,050 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £445,000 (-£423 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Buxton School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Buxton School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Buxton School last inspected by Ofsted?

Buxton School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Buxton School have?

Buxton School has 1,065 pupils on roll.

What age range does Buxton School cover?

Buxton School for pupils aged 3 to 16.

What are Buxton School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.6, and 49% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are Buxton School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Buxton School?

Buxton School is at 234 Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 3NN.