Buckton Vale Primary School
Swallow Lane, Stalybridge, SK15 3NU
202 pupils · 64% of 315 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Free school meals
- 26.2%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 13 January 2026, published 23 March 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 70% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 24 | 24 | 44 | 24 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 22 | 22 | 34 | 22 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 25 | 23 | 54 | 25 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 32 | 56 | 30 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Millbrook Primary School 1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Raphael's Catholic Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Livingstone Primary School 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St Joseph's RC Primary School 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Milton St John's CofE Primary School 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.