Vale View Primary School
Mill Lane, North Reddish, Stockport, SK5 6TP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Smith
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Stockport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 549
- Pupils on roll
- 408
- URN
- 131083
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01612210118
About this school
Vale View Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 408 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 61 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 54% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 67% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 70% | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 67% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Vale View Primary 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 | Stockport average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 445 |
| 2023/24 | 436 |
| 2024/25 | 421 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Vale View Primary School compares
Vale View Primary School ranked 59th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 8.3% | 47.8% | 408 | — |
| Dane Bank Primary School | 52% | 4.6% | 20.7% | 238 | 0.4 miles |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy | 85% | 5% | 32% | 457 | 0.5 miles |
| St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary | 55% | 6.4% | 32.1% | 227 | 0.6 miles |
| Abingdon Primary School | 39% | 5.3% | 43.8% | 231 | 0.7 miles |
| Denton West End Primary School | 61% | 3.5% | 14.7% | 436 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
- 2 July 2024
-
Ungraded inspection report11 December 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.75%
- English as an additional language
- 23%
- Overall absence
- 8.29%
- Persistent absence
- 24.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dane Bank Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary0.6 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Abingdon Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Denton West End Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Stockport
Vale View Primary School ranks 52nd of the 63 ranked primary schools in Stockport.
- Abingdon Primary School Primary
- Adswood Primary School Primary
- Alexandra Park Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Stockport Primary
- Arden Primary School Primary
- Banks Lane Infant School Primary
- Banks Lane Junior School Primary
- Bredbury Green Primary School Primary
- Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School Primary
- Bridge Hall Primary School Primary
- Broadstone Hall Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Vale View Primary School teach?
- Vale View Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Vale View Primary School?
- The headteacher of Vale View Primary School is Mrs Claire Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Vale View Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Vale View Primary 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 big is Vale View Primary School?
- Vale View Primary School has 408 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Vale View Primary School full?
- Vale View Primary School has capacity for 549 pupils and 408 on roll (74%), so it has space against 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 View Primary School a faith school?
- No. Vale View Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Vale View Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Vale View Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Vale View Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Vale View Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Vale View Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Vale View Primary School rank locally?
- Vale View Primary School ranked 59th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Vale View Primary School's absence rate?
- Vale View Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Vale View Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Vale View Primary 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 30 June 2026.