Lady Manners School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Bakewell, Derbyshire
Lady Manners School is a secondary school in Bakewell, Derbyshire for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 February 2025.
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Catchment area for Lady Manners School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Where pupils go after they leave
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Shutts Lane, Bakewell, DE45 1JA
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Derbyshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,405 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming and caring school.”
- “The school has high expectations of what pupils can achieve and how they should behave.”
- “The school’s values of ‘aspire, include and thrive’ help pupils to understand what is expected of them.”
To improve
- “However, not all teachers do this well.”
- “Furthermore, some teachers, at times, do not ensure pupils use punctuation correctly or spell keywords accurately.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 211 first-preference applications, 221 offers in total, 211 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derbyshire.
- Highfields School 7.4 mi Standards maintained
- Brookfield Community School 9.0 mi Good
- Anthony Gell School 9.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy 10.1 mi Outstanding
- Hope Valley College 10.2 mi Good
- Parkside Community School 10.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy 10.3 mi Not judged
- Buxton Community School 10.3 mi No Ofsted grade