Living in High Peak with children
High Peak, Derbyshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
13 schools: 11 state primary, 2 state secondaryHigh Peak on the schools map →Every school in High Peak, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (11)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 15% (38/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Furness Vale Primary and Nursery School | Good | Top 30% (78/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy | School remains Good | Top 31% (81/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| St George's CofE Primary School | Good | Top 48% (124/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| New Mills Primary School | School remains Good | (145/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Hayfield Primary School | School remains Good | (160/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Hague Bar Primary School | School remains Good | (222/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Thornsett Primary School (High Peak Federation) | Good | (230/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School | Good | (239/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Whaley Bridge Primary School | Good | (248/262) in Derbyshire | — |
| Buxworth Primary School | Good | (261/262) in Derbyshire | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel-en-le-Frith High School | Good | Top 27% (12/45) in Derbyshire | — |
| New Mills School | Good | Top 29% (13/45) in Derbyshire | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for High Peak yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in High Peak →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 69% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 94%, on average across the 875 postcodes in SK22, SK23. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 6 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 8 in Derbyshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Derbyshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Derbyshire.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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