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Wandle Valley Academy[1]

Special · ages 5–16

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
3.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-2.70 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 2.2[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 1.8[3] 0%[3] -2.70[3]
2022/23 1.4[6] 0%[6] -2.23[6]
2021/22 2.1[7] 0%[7] -2.71[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[8]
Reading, average scaled score
92 2024/25[8]
Maths, average scaled score
91 2024/25[8]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[9]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 0%[10] 0%[10] 94[10] 85[10]
2022/23 0%[11] 0%[11] 89[11] 90[11]
2017/18 0%[12] 0%[12] 96[12] 95[12]
2016/17 0%[13] 0%[13] 91[13] 88[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
53% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
40% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
7% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 44%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15] 38%[15] 0%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 75%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16] 75%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 46%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17] 38%[17] 0%[17] 8%[17]
2018/19 54%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18] 46%[18] 8%[18] 0%[18]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 Nov 2023[19]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[19]
Report published
19 Dec 2023[19]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[19]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[19]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Mar 2018[20] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[20] No overall grade[20]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy special converter[1]
Ages
5–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
80[1]
Trust
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Sutton[1]
Website
www.wandlevalleyacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Sutton[21]
Postcode
SM5 1LW[1]
URN
137507[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
95 2024/25[22]
English as an additional language
5.3% 2024/25[22]
SEN support
1.1% 2024/25[22]
EHC plan
99% 2024/25[22]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
75.8% 2024/25[22]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
75.3%[23]
Mixed
15.7%[23]
Asian
1.1%[23]
Black
6.7%[23]
Any other ethnic group
1.1%[23]
Unclassified
0%[23]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.