Vale View Community School
Vale View Road, Elms Vale, Dover, CT17 9NP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WHINLESS DOWN ACADEMY TRUST
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Sprigmore
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 222
- URN
- 145355
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01304202821
About this school
Vale View Community School is a primary academy in Dover. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 222 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 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 48% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 45% | 52% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 41% | 55% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 45% | 41% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.50 | - | - |
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 Community 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 | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 31% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 229 |
| 2023/24 | 234 |
| 2024/25 | 224 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Vale View Community School compares
Vale View Community School ranked 268th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 6.7% | 67.4% | 222 | — |
| Priory Fields School | 53% | 8.3% | 65.7% | 319 | 0.3 miles |
| St Martin's School | 70% | 3.9% | 23.1% | 183 | 0.3 miles |
| White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School | 57% | 8.1% | 71.6% | 277 | 0.6 miles |
| Barton Junior School | 66% | 6.5% | 51.9% | 202 | 0.8 miles |
| Charlton Church of England Primary School | 45% | 6.9% | 45.2% | 206 | 0.9 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 67.4%
- English as an additional language
- 19.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.71%
- Persistent absence
- 20.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Priory Fields School0.3 miles
Primary · Dover
-
St Martin's School0.3 miles
Primary · Dover
-
White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Dover
-
Barton Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Dover
-
Charlton Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Dover
Other schools in Dover
Vale View Community School ranks 10th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Dover.
- Aycliffe Community Primary School Primary
- Barton Junior School Primary
- Charlton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School Primary
- Green Park Community Primary School Primary
- Guston Church of England Primary School Primary
- Langdon Primary School Primary
- Lydden Primary School Primary
- Nonington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Priory Fields School Primary
- River Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Vale View Community School teach?
- Vale View Community School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Dover.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Vale View Community School?
- The acting headteacher of Vale View Community School is Mrs Lisa Sprigmore, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Vale View Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Vale View Community 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 Community School?
- Vale View Community School has 222 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Vale View Community School full?
- Vale View Community School has capacity for 210 pupils and 222 on roll (106%), 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 View Community School a faith school?
- No. Vale View Community School has no designated religious character.
- Does Vale View Community School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Vale View Community School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Vale View Community School?
- Vale View Community School is part of WHINLESS DOWN ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Vale View Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 31% in 2022/23 and 60% 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 Community School rank locally?
- Vale View Community School ranked 268th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% 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 Community School's absence rate?
- Vale View Community School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Vale View Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Vale View Community 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 10 July 2026.