What schools serve Glossop?

There are 21 schools in Glossop, Derbyshire, including Hadfield Nursery School, Gamesley Early Excellence Centre, Padfield Community Primary School, Hadfield Infant School, Simmondley Primary School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in Glossop?

Glossop has 15 primary schools and 2 secondary schools. There are also 4 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Glossop?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Glossop, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Glossop schools are set by Derbyshire and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Derbyshire admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Glossop?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Glossop are set by Derbyshire as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Glossop

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Glossop is a Victorian mill town on the edge of the Peak District with 21 state schools co-ordinated by Derbyshire County Council. The town's popular primary schools, particularly those in the Hadfield and Padfield areas, draw families from the steep hillside communities above the town. Derbyshire uses road distance for its community primary tiebreaker, and some primaries have offered places within 0.5 miles at popular schools.

At secondary level, Glossop has one main comprehensive serving the town and the High Peak villages. Derbyshire County Council publishes annual catchment boundary maps alongside the previous year's offer distances. Some families near the boundary also look across into Tameside in Greater Manchester, which covers part of the Longdendale valley.

School demand in Glossop

Across the 19 schools in Glossop with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 74%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

12 schools in Glossop have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

7 of the schools in Glossop are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Derbyshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

11 of the schools in Glossop have a current Ofsted rating, of which 11 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary Schools in Glossop (15)

Padfield Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Glossop · SK13 1EQ

Ages 3-11 108 pupils Capacity 112

Hadfield Infant School

Primary · Community school

Glossop · SK13 1PN

Ages 5-7 133 pupils Capacity 210

Simmondley Primary School

Primary · Community school

Glossop · SK13 6NN

Ages 4-11 294 pupils Capacity 315