Valley Road Academy | Primary in Sunderland | Ofsted & DfE

85%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

360

Pupils · 2024/25

20%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

85%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

360

Pupils · 2024/25

20%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

85%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

360

Pupils · 2024/25

20%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 19/10/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySunderland

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Valley Road Academy · Primary · Sunderland

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19

RWM expected standard

85%

+7pp

89%84%78%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 85%

RWM higher standard

15%

+4pp

15%12%8%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 15%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

89%

Reading higher standard

50%

Writing expected standard

85%

Writing higher standard

33%

Maths expected standard

87%

Maths higher standard

37%

Science expected standard

89%

SPAG expected standard

87%

SPAG higher standard

39%

Reading scaled score

109.0

Maths scaled score

108.0

GPS scaled score

109.0

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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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

360

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

20%

FSM eligible

39%

SEN

28%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

19%

Contact

Address

Corporation Road, Hendon, Sunderland, SR2 8PL

Local authority

Sunderland

Website

www.valleyroadschool.co.uk/

Telephone

01915002999

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History

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	85%	15%	89%	50%	85%	33%	87%	37%	89%	87%	109.0	108.0	109.0	—	—	—	28%	360
2023/24	78%	11%	80%	46%	81%	20%	81%	15%	85%	72%	110.0	106.0	108.0	—	—	—	27%	405
2022/23	89%	8%	89%	34%	94%	19%	92%	26%	94%	87%	107.0	107.0	105.0	+0.80	+2.60	+1.20	27%	386
2018/19	87%	13%	87%	36%	89%	40%	91%	42%	91%	89%	107.0	108.0	109.0	+4.40	+4.90	+4.90	27%	374

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	360	18.0	28%	20%	39%	5%	19%
2023/24	405	22.9	27%	18%	40%	6%	20%
2022/23	386	18.1	27%	26%	45%	7%	24%
2021/22	340	19.8	28%	26%	56%	8%	30%
2020/21	327	16.1	29%	25%	55%	—	—
2018/19	374	17.5	27%	27%	61%	5%	17%