Walton Peak Flying High Academy

Walton Peak Flying High Academy has demonstrated significant improvements since joining the Flying High Trust, marking its first inspection since opening. The school now provides a warm and welcoming environment that fosters positive relationships among pupils and staff alike. With a well-developed curriculum that effectively relates learning to pupils' experiences, the school is successfully preparing students for future success. However, some challenges remain, particularly in ensuring that all pupils are consistently engaged and clear about their learning objectives in every lesson.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Ambitious and relevant curriculum that is well-structured.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High levels of enthusiasm among pupils for learning.
• Positive parental involvement and support for the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent clarity in teaching methods impacting pupil engagement.
• Pupils sometimes struggle to settle into tasks and can be easily distracted.

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 Walton Peak Flying High Academy attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 0.0% of pupils at Walton Peak Flying High Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No 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 Walton Peak Flying High Academy had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 14.8% of pupils at Walton Peak Flying High Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Walton Peak Flying High Academy received £8,563 and spent £8,539 for each of its 127 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £13,000 (£102 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Flying High Trust, income was £7,225 and spending £7,388 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Chesterfield · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

Walton Peak Flying High Academy is part of Flying High Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Hollingwood Primary School Chesterfield
• Poolsbrook Primary Academy Chesterfield
• The Green Flying High Academy Alfreton
• Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School Sutton-In-Ashfield
• Forest Glade Primary School Sutton-In-Ashfield
• The Flying High Academy Mansfield
• John King Infant Academy Pinxton
• Kirkstead Junior Academy Pinxton
• Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy Sutton-In-Ashfield
• Longwood Infant Academy Nottingham

What is Walton Peak Flying High Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Walton Peak Flying High Academy is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Walton Peak Flying High Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Walton Peak Flying High Academy was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Walton Peak Flying High Academy have?

Walton Peak Flying High Academy has 135 pupils on roll.

What age range does Walton Peak Flying High Academy cover?

Walton Peak Flying High Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Walton Peak Flying High Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Walton Peak Flying High Academy?

Walton Peak Flying High Academy is at Whitecotes Lane, Chesterfield, S40 3HJ.