# Valley School

Valley School is a special school in Stockport, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 56 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E106168. [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 56
- Council: Stockport
- URN: 106168

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 30 June 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional
- Early years: Strong standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
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, 0% of pupils at Valley School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Stockport and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Stockport | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 105 |

Valley School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
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.

- [Moss Hey Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moss-hey-primary-school-e106090): 100 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hursthead Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hursthead-infant-school-e106052): 680 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2023
- [Hursthead Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hursthead-junior-school-e140925): 770 m. Primary. School remains Good, April 2023. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Cheadle Hulme High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cheadle-hulme-high-school-e137843): 1.1 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 59.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Thorn Grove Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thorn-grove-primary-school-e106079): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, July 2024. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Queensgate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queensgate-primary-school-e152609): 1.3 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024, before the school changed

## 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/106168)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106168)

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/valley-school-e106168