Buckton Vale Primary School

Buckton Vale Primary School demonstrates strong overall performance, with most pupils achieving well in reading, writing, and mathematics. The school has successfully addressed the needs of its pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, ensuring they receive appropriate support. Safeguarding measures are effective, creating a safe and welcoming environment where pupils feel secure and can thrive. However, some areas, such as writing fluency and misconceptions during lessons, have been identified for further improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils perform significantly above the national average in mathematics.
• Strong emphasis on safeguarding, creating a safe environment for students.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.
• A well-ordered and ambitious curriculum across all year groups.
• Leaders and staff foster positive relationships and a strong sense of belonging.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistency in writing fluency among some pupils.
• Occasional delays in addressing pupils' misconceptions.

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 Buckton Vale Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 1.4% of pupils at Buckton Vale Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No 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 Buckton Vale Primary School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 27.2% of pupils at Buckton Vale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Buckton Vale Primary School received £7,249 and spent £6,986 for each of its 213 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £139,000 (£654 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Victorious Academies Trust, income was £6,986 and spending £6,999 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 Stalybridge · Tameside local authority: places and applications

Buckton Vale Primary School is part of Victorious Academies Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Wild Bank Primary School Stalybridge
• Inspire Academy Tameside
• Holden Clough Primary School Ashton-Under-Lyne
• Yew Tree Primary School Dukinfield
• Lyndhurst Primary School Dukinfield
• Arundale Primary School Hyde
• Discovery Academy Hyde
• Pinfold Primary School Hyde
• Gamesley Primary and Nursery School Glossop
• Poplar Street Primary School Manchester

What is Buckton Vale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Buckton Vale Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Buckton Vale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Buckton Vale Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Buckton Vale Primary School have?

Buckton Vale Primary School has 202 pupils on roll.

What age range does Buckton Vale Primary School cover?

Buckton Vale Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Buckton Vale Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Buckton Vale Primary School?

Buckton Vale Primary School is at Swallow Lane, Carrbrook, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 3NU.