Ofsted inspection · 17/10/2023
Overview of The Valley Community Primary School · Primary · Bolton
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 83% | 27% | 92% | 47% | 87% | 33% | 90% | 55% | 95% | 93% | 109.0 | 110.0 | 113.0 | — | — | — | 17% | 524 |
| 2023/24 | 88% | 30% | 90% | 42% | 92% | 33% | 97% | 67% | 92% | 97% | 108.0 | 111.0 | 112.0 | — | — | — | 12% | 525 |
| 2022/23 | 83% | 17% | 88% | 31% | 84% | 23% | 94% | 44% | 88% | 94% | 106.0 | 110.0 | 112.0 | +0.10 | +1.90 | +4.30 | 11% | 524 |
| 2018/19 | 83% | 22% | 86% | 32% | 90% | 29% | 97% | 56% | 92% | 98% | 107.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | +2.40 | +2.40 | +4.80 | 10% | 547 |
| 2017/18 | 88% | 13% | 90% | 32% | 95% | 30% | 97% | 55% | 92% | 100% | 108.0 | 110.0 | 114.0 | +2.50 | +2.80 | +5.30 | 9% | 539 |
| 2016/17 | 75% | 13% | 78% | 23% | 83% | 20% | 88% | 40% | 83% | 90% | 105.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 | +1.80 | +2.30 | +4.40 | 9% | 523 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 524 | 22.2 | 17% | 74% | 19% | 3% | 4% |
| 2023/24 | 525 | 21.9 | 12% | 83% | 20% | 4% | 9% |
| 2022/23 | 524 | 21.0 | 11% | 90% | 20% | 4% | 8% |
| 2021/22 | 520 | 21.8 | 14% | 96% | 19% | 4% | 8% |
| 2020/21 | 538 | 23.2 | 13% | 87% | 15% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 547 | 23.4 | 10% | 91% | 20% | 3% | 5% |
| 2017/18 | 539 | 21.6 | 9% | 93% | 20% | 4% | 5% |
| 2016/17 | 523 | 21.6 | 9% | 94% | 23% | 3% | 4% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.