Primary
Buckton Vale Primary School
Swallow Lane, Carrbrook, Stalybridge, SK15 3NU
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 202 of 315 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.7
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Trust
- VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 18.0
- Pupils per adult
- 13.3
- Pupils
- 240
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
70%
6 points above the Stalybridge average (64% across 9 schools)
107.0
1.6 above the Stalybridge average (105.4 across 9 schools)
7th of 9 by our score, among the primary schools in Stalybridge we can score - 11 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 70% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 60% |
| 24/25 | 70% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
Swallow Lane, Carrbrook, Stalybridge, SK15 3NU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Tameside admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Kelly Quinn
- Address
- Swallow Lane, Carrbrook, Stalybridge, SK15 3NU
- Telephone
- 01457833102