Ofsted
Good
Inspected 2014
Students
252
Expected Standard
70%
Demand Ratio
0.9x
Buckton Vale Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Stalybridge, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 34% of primary schools nationally.
Buckton Vale Primary School is an academy converter in Stalybridge, Tameside, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST. The school has approximately 213 pupils on roll, of whom 21% are eligible for free school meals.
In 2025, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #31 of 59 primaries in Tameside and #6,354 of 14,143 nationally.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2014. The school's current overall rating is Good.
In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.1:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.
R/W/M Expected Standard
70%
Read SS
107
Maths SS
106
GPS SS
106
Progress (0 = national avg)
-
Read
-
Write
-
Maths
R/W/M Expected Standard
60%
Read SS
105
Maths SS
104
GPS SS
107
Progress (0 = national avg)
-
Read
-
Write
-
Maths
No digital report timeline available.
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