Valley Gardens Middle School
About the school
Valley Gardens Middle School is an open all-through school in North Tyneside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 19 November 2024
- Published
- 18 December 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Secondary academic results
No data is available for 2024/25.
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 72%
- North Tyneside
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 15%
- North Tyneside
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 90%
- North Tyneside
- 78%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 77%
- North Tyneside
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 85%
- North Tyneside
- 75%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 83%
- North Tyneside
- 75%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 38%
- North Tyneside
- 29%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 98%
- North Tyneside
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 109
- North Tyneside
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 107
- North Tyneside
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 107
- North Tyneside
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
773
Girls
50.06%
Boys
49.94%
SEN support
11.38%
Education, health and care plan
2.20%
English as an additional language
1.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
6.99%
Overall absence
4.11
Persistent absence
6.2