Academy converter · Tameside

Buckton Vale Primary School

4–11Ages
202Pupils
PrimaryPhase
149349URN

Swallow Lane, Carrbrook, Stalybridge, SK15 3NU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

close to Tameside median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Tameside

44 applications for 24 places · 33rd of 66 in Tameside

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

70%met the expected standard

Tameside 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 13 January 2026Published 23 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.8applications per place, Reception

close to Tameside median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

44 applications · 24 places offered · 24 named it first

2026 1.8; Tameside median median 1.8
2025 1.6; Tameside median median 1.9
2024 2.2; Tameside median median 2.0
2023 1.9; Tameside median median 1.9
2022 2.1; Tameside median median 1.9; as the previous school
2021 1.8; Tameside median median 1.9; as the previous school
2020 2.2; Tameside median median 2.1; as the previous school
2019 2.5; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
2018 1.8; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
2017 2.2; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
2016 2.1; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 1.9; Tameside median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 1.6; Tameside median median 2.7; as the previous school

This school
Tameside median

Dashed bars: as Buckton Vale Primary School (URN 106191), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	24	44	1.8	24	1.00
Sep 2025	22	34	1.6	22	1.00
Sep 2024	25	54	2.2	23	0.92
Sep 2023	30	56	1.9	32	1.07
Sep 2022 *	28	59	2.1	27	0.96
Sep 2021 *	32	58	1.8	32	1.00
Sep 2020 *	27	59	2.2	26	0.96
Sep 2019 *	38	93	2.5	35	0.92
Sep 2018 *	39	71	1.8	39	1.00
Sep 2017 *	43	94	2.2	33	0.77
Sep 2016 *	45	93	2.1	42	0.93
Sep 2015 *	33	62	1.9	28	0.85
Sep 2014 *	35	55	1.6	34	0.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 73% · Maths 89% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%13th of 58 in Tameside

Tameside 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard86%

Tameside 77% England 78%

Higher standard46%

Tameside 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

Tameside 72% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Tameside 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard89%

Tameside 77% England 77%

Higher standard22%

Tameside 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Tameside median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	70%	0%	107	106
2023/24	60%	11%	105	104
2022/23	69%	8%	106	103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Buckton Vale Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2026

1.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Millbrook Primary School
1.0 km · Tameside

Outstanding2023

2.3applications per place
Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School
1.1 km · Tameside

Remains Good2023

1.3applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
St Raphael's Catholic Primary School
1.2 km · Tameside

Remains Good2024

1.7applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Livingstone Primary School
1.7 km · Tameside

2026

2.3applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's RC Primary School
1.9 km · Tameside

Remains Good2023

1.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Milton St John's CofE Primary School
1.9 km · Tameside

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
St George's CofE Primary School
2.1 km · Tameside

2026

2.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Arlies Primary School
2.6 km · Tameside

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 37%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 149349 · 357/2021
Trust: Victorious Academies Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 202 on roll
Free school meals: 26.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 October 2022
Replaced: Buckton Vale Primary School (URN 106191)
Address: Swallow Lane, Carrbrook, Stalybridge, SK15 3NU
Local authority: Tameside

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources