The Vale Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Brigg, DN20 8AR
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Sir John Nelthorpe School
Grammar School Road, Brigg, DN20 8AA
Local ranking8th of 14 secondary schools in North Lincolnshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
870
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 18 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 151
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
23.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
24.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
29
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 6.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 71
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 877
- Boys
- 454 (52%)
- Girls
- 424 (48%)
- Capacity
- 870 (101% full)
- SEND
- 14.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.7%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,070/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 95.2%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
- Black African: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
- Asian Chinese: 0.2%
95.2%
White British
1.8%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Grammar School Road
Brigg, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 118112
- UKPRN
- 10005867
- Establishment No.
- 4501
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