Lady Manners is a relatively large comprehensive school.  It is based in Bakewell in the heart of the Peak District and takes students from the surrounding villages of Great Longstone, Baslow, Calver, Curbar, Youlgreave, Pilsley, Rowsley, Great Hucklow, Tideswell, Bakewell, Monyash, Stanton in the Peak, Stoney Middleton and Litton.

Lady Manners have a thriving Leadership Academy where students are actively supporting the delivery of the extra-curricular activities within their own school.

The Lady Manners Cluster is made up of 14 schools in total. The number of pupils in each school vary from 21 in the smallest to approx 200 in the largest.