# Valley Primary Academy

Valley Primary Academy is a primary school in Norwich, for pupils aged 5 to 11.

It had 153 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E151308. [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 5 to 11
- Pupils: 153
- Council: Norwich
- URN: 151308

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), June 2023, before the school changed
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 6 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Valley Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 103 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Future Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/future-education-e135859): 490 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Norwich Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norwich-primary-academy-e139929): 550 m. Primary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Banks House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/banks-house-school-e148346): 620 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Earlham Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/earlham-nursery-school-e120767): 630 m. Nursery. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- [Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/clover-hill-va-infant-and-nursery-school-e140033): 850 m. Primary. Standards maintained, May 2025
- [Henderson Green Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/henderson-green-primary-academy-e142634): 1 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/151308)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/151308)

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