Valley Gardens Middle School

Foundation school · Primary school · Whitley Bay, North Tyneside

NE25 9AQ

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

64.3

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#2,690

National rank

#145

In North East

In North Tyneside

Top 19%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

72%

% achieving higher RWM ?

15%

Reading average scaled score ?

109.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

107.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 76% → 72% ▼ 4.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 773 % FSM ever-6 7.0% % EAL 1.3% Age range 9–13 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Monkseaton Middle School Whitley Bay · 0.5 mi 32.1 Wellfield Middle School Whitley Bay · 0.8 mi 50.7 Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay Whitley Bay · 0.9 mi 50.6 Marden Bridge Middle School Whitley Bay · 1.0 mi 63.5 St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats North Shields · 1.3 mi 62.6 Preston Grange Primary School North Shields · 1.3 mi 58.5 Cullercoats Primary School North Shields · 1.6 mi 49.4 Monkhouse Primary School North Shields · 1.7 mi 63.6