Furness Vale Primary and Nursery School
Buxton Road, High Peak, SK23 7PQ
72 pupils · 62% of 116 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Free school meals
- 26.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 October 2024, published 23 October 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 71% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 11 | 11 | 20 | 11 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 8 | 6 | 18 | 8 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 11 | 11 | 25 | 11 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 8 | 7 | 16 | 8 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Newtown Primary School (High Peak Federation) 1.8 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Buxworth Primary School 2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St George's CofE Primary School 2.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Whaley Bridge Primary School 2.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- New Mills Primary School 2.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.