Valley Academy

Secondary · state · ages 11–16 · 356 pupils · BD8 7DX · DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST

GoodOfstedInspected Mar 2026

7.8%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

0.6Applications per placeFirst choices, Year 7 2026

38.7Attainment 8England median 45.8

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52.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Report card: achievement expected standard, curriculum and teaching expected standard

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 97.8% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above17.1% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)38.7 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths45.5% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths62.3% (typical 65.8%)

77 pupils at the end of Year 11.

How hard is it to get in?

For Year 7 in September 2026, 45 families put it first for 71 places (0.6 first choices per place, places to spare). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Year 7, 2024	73	56	0.8	100%
Year 7, 2025	71	53	0.8	85%
Year 7, 2026	71	45	0.6	100%

Money

£8,684spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

77%of spending on staff, 52% on teachers

£329krevenue reserve (9.6% of a year's income)

£258ksurplus in the year

Income £3.4m, spending £3.2m (September 2024 to August 2025, 367 pupils).

Run by One In A Million Free School, a single-academy trust. The trust holds reserves of £329k, 9.6% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 97.8% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above17.1% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)38.7 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths45.5% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths62.3% (typical 65.8%)

77 pupils at the end of Year 11.

GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
English Language	77	5.2%	9.2%	16.9%	64.9%
Mathematics	77	2.6%	13%	10.4%	64.9%
English Literature	67	7.5%	9.9%	22.4%	65.7%
History	34	11.8%	15.2%	20.6%	67.6%
Religious Studies	27	29.6%	19%	37%	85.2%
Geography	22	4.5%	13.6%	4.5%	54.5%
Computer Science	16	0%	19.9%	0%	43.8%
Art and Design	12	16.7%	13.2%	25%	50%

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Year 7, 2024

0.8

100%

Year 7, 2025

0.8

85%

Year 7, 2026

0.6