Vale School
Trulock Road, London, N17 0PG
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Dawn Woodcock
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Tottenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 130
- URN
- 102176
- Local authority
- Haringey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088016111
About this school
Vale School is a community special school in London. It teaches children aged 2 to 16 and has 130 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Vale School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 30 April 2025, where inspectors found the school has improved significantly. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 92.0 | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 86.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.8 | - | 0.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.33 -2.38 to -0.28 | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.3 | - | 0.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Vale School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Haringey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 65.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 64% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 68.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Haringey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8 | 40.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | — | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.4 | 36.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 21.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 19.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 19.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 109 |
| 2024/25 | 118 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.14%
- English as an additional language
- 39%
- Overall absence
- 19.18%
- Persistent absence
- 58.41%
Location
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-
Assunnah Primary School0.7 miles
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-
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-
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-
Big Creative Independent School1.3 miles
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-
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Common questions
- What ages does Vale School teach?
- Vale School teaches children aged 2 to 16. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Vale School?
- The headteacher of Vale School is Ms Dawn Woodcock, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Vale School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Vale School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Vale School?
- Vale School has 130 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 16.
- Is Vale School full?
- Vale School has capacity for 120 pupils and 130 on roll (108%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Vale School a faith school?
- No. Vale School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Vale School have?
- The schools register lists Vale School's special educational needs provision as: OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Vale School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Vale School's absence rate?
- Vale School's overall absence rate is 19.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Vale School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Vale School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.