Valewood Primary School
Primary schoolValewood Primary School is a primary school in Sefton, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 208 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, May 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 5 May 2023
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, 70% of pupils at Valewood Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Sefton and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Sefton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 104 | 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- St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)320 m
- St Michaels Church of England AcademySecondary. Inadequate (overall), June 2024, before the school changed, special measures. Attainment 8 of 39.6 (2025/26, provisional)460 m
- St. Mary's CollegeIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file760 m
- Olsen House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file820 m
- Crosby High SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade900 m
- Great Crosby Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sefton
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).