The Vale Primary Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Knottingley, WF11 8JF
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Willow Green Academy
Hampden Close, Knottingley, WF11 8PT
Local ranking35th of 111 primary schools in Wakefield
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
262
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 63.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 53.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 231
- Boys
- 128 (55%)
- Girls
- 103 (45%)
- Capacity
- 262 (88% full)
- SEND
- 19.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.5%
- EAL
- 4.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 25.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,265/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.4%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.5%
92.4%
White British
1.4%
White Other
1.4%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hampden Close
Knottingley, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 138401
- UKPRN
- 10038150
- Establishment No.
- 2002
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
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