Peak Dale Primary School
Community primary school in Buxton (Derbyshire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Peak Dale Primary School is a friendly school located 10 minutes from Buxton. There is a strong working village community which is supportive of the school. Although we are a small school, we work and learn as part of a Federation of schools. For our staff this means they have access to peer-to-peer support and enhanced training and development opportunities.
For our children, they get to meet other children , enjoy school trips together and compete in various cross curricular, sporting events and co-curricular events.
This website is an opportunity for everyone at the school to share what we do here with the wider community; it is populated with examples of childrens work, photographs, videos and also lots of information about the school. We regularly update our content, so it is well worth checking the site every few weeks to see the latest exciting things that are going on Peak Dale.
We always greatly appreciate your feedback on how we are doing and also any suggestions you might have on things we could add to our site. If you do, just e-mail (or, of course, phoning or writing are still most welcome!).
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Little Wandle
- Cornerstones Curriculum
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 112656
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Governing body (13 current, 0 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Susan Jill Skidmore | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chole Orton | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Anna Newton | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Elise Drake | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Nigel Gourley | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Natalie Doughty | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| James Handley | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Jennie Handley | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Cat Labio | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Jonathan Moon | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Revd John Howard Robson | Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Peter Roberts | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mary Washbrook | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
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