Buckton Vale Primary School

Swallow Lane, Carrbrook, Stalybridge, SK15 3NU

Local ranking47th of 64 primary schools in Tameside

Ofsted: Expected

Primary

Phase

315

Capacity

4-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from Buckton Vale Primary School (URN 106191) since 1 September 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 January 2026 under Ofsted's renewed framework

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Safeguarding standards Met

Achievement: Expected standard
Curriculum & teaching: Expected standard
Attendance & behaviour: Expected standard
Personal development & wellbeing: Expected standard
Leadership & governance: Expected standard
Inclusion: Expected standard
Early years: Expected standard

Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 70.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 0.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 86.0%
Writing (Expected): 73.0%
Maths (Expected): 89.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 89.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 107.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 106.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 106.0
Cohort Size: 37

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 213
Boys: 112 (53%)
Girls: 101 (47%)
Capacity: 315 (68% full)
SEND: 30.5%
FSM Eligible: 21.1%
EAL: 0.9%
SEN with EHC Plan: 3.3%
SEN Support: 27.2%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 24.8:1
Teachers (FTE): 8.6
Budget per Pupil: £6,554/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 3.5% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 3.1% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Does not apply
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 93.4%
Mixed Other: 2.4%
White Other: 0.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
White Irish: 0.5%
Asian Pakistani: 0.5%
Asian Chinese: 0.5%

93.4%

White British

2.4%

Mixed Other

0.9%

White Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01457833102

admin@bucktonvale.tameside.sch.uk

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Swallow Lane

Stalybridge, North West

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Administrative

URN: 149349
UKPRN: 10091125
Establishment No.: 2021
Trust: VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST

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