Outwood Academy Valley

Outwood Academy Valley is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across multiple domains. The school benefits from an ambitious curriculum that caters well to all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Pupils generally exhibit positive behavior, and the school is noted for its supportive environment. However, there are concerns regarding behavioral issues among a minority of students, resulting in a high number of suspensions. The school has initiated measures to support these pupils, but these efforts are still developing.

Strengths

• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum in place for all pupils.
• Effective subject knowledge and teaching practices among staff.
• Strong focus on developing a love of reading among students.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of extracurricular opportunities.
• Well-supported sixth form with a range of independence developing opportunities.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements in place.

Areas for Improvement

• High number of suspensions and challenges in managing pupil behavior.
• Inconsistencies in delivering the personal development curriculum.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Outwood Academy Valley attended 91.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 9.5% of pupils at Outwood Academy Valley were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 13 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Outwood Academy Valley had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.4% of pupils at Outwood Academy Valley were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Outwood Academy Valley received £7,890 and spent £7,866 for each of its 1,704 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,406,000 (£1,412 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, income was £8,313 and spending £8,200 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Worksop · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

Outwood Academy Valley is part of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

• Outwood Academy Portland Worksop
• Outwood Academy City Sheffield
• Outwood Academy Hasland Hall Chesterfield
• Outwood Academy Newbold Chesterfield
• Outwood Academy Danum Doncaster
• Outwood Academy Kirkby Nottingham
• Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands Doncaster
• Outwood Academy Adwick Doncaster
• Outwood Primary Academy Darfield Barnsley
• Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange Barnsley

What is Outwood Academy Valley's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Outwood Academy Valley is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Outwood Academy Valley last inspected by Ofsted?

Outwood Academy Valley was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Outwood Academy Valley have?

Outwood Academy Valley has 1,721 pupils on roll.

What age range does Outwood Academy Valley cover?

Outwood Academy Valley for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Outwood Academy Valley's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.1, and 58% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Outwood Academy Valley?

Outwood Academy Valley is at Valley Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S81 7EN.