The Vale Academy

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardConstituency

LU5 4QPPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

The Vale Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

It currently serves 601 pupils. The Vale Academy is part of Advantage Schools.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 75%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

64%

Asian

13%

Black

Mixed

11%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

601

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

11%

England average

27%

First language not English

30%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 601
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Advantage Schools

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
13 Jul 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Not judged
7 Sept 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
17 Oct 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.