Valley Primary School and Nursery is a primary school located in Whitehaven. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 04/03/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are average, progress in maths is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5%, which is 1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Whinlatter Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8DA
Website: www.valleyprimary.cumbria.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01946694152
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Nigel Shipton-Smith
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 134214

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 04/03/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 294
Number of Pupils: 257
Number of Boys: 143
Number of Girls: 114

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 1.3 Confidence interval -0.8 to 3.4
Writing
Average: 0.3 Confidence interval -1.6 to 2.2
Maths
Below Average: -2.5 Confidence interval -4.3 to -0.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:63%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:101
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Valley Primary School and Nursery
Whinlatter Road , CA28 8DA 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School
Esk Avenue , Corkickle CA28 8AJ 		3out of 4 1,230 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Hensingham Primary School
Main Street , CA28 8QZ 		- not rated 1,349 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Monkwray Junior School
Monkwray Brow , CA28 9DT 		3out of 4 1,792 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Jericho Primary School
Windsor Court , CA28 6UX 		3out of 4 1,845 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Whitehaven Academy
Cleator Moor Road , CA28 8TY 		1out of 4 1,857 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Red Lonning , Hensingham CA28 8UG 		3out of 4 2,190 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Mayfield School
Campus Whitehaven , Red Lonning CA28 8UG 		4out of 4 2,434 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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