Galton Valley Primary School
Primary schoolGalton Valley Primary School is a primary school in Sandwell, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 456 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, June 2025
Before that: Good (overall), February 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 18 June 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 71% of pupils at Galton Valley Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Sandwell and 62% in England.
6% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Sandwell AcademySecondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional)890 m
- Oasis Academy WattvillePrimary. Inadequate (overall), July 2023, before the school changed, special measures890 m
- St Philip's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, May 2024. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- Crocketts Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Devonshire Junior AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Devonshire Infant AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sandwell
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).