The Vale Primary Academy

Academy converter · Primary school · Knottingley, Wakefield

WF11 8JF

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

58.7

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

#4,155

National rank

#403

In Yorkshire and The Humber

#35

In Wakefield

Top 29%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

76%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

104.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

104.0

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) 74% → 76% ▲ 2.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 218 % FSM ever-6 22.7% % EAL 11.9% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Simpson's Lane Academy Knottingley · 0.5 mi 67.4 England Lane Academy Knottingley · 0.7 mi 72.8 Willow Green Academy Knottingley · 0.7 mi 44.4 St Botolphs CE Academy Knottingley · 0.9 mi 48.1 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School Pontefract · 1.5 mi 88.2 Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Pontefract · 1.6 mi 22.8 Cherry Tree Academy Pontefract · 1.6 mi 37.7 De Lacy Primary School Pontefract · 1.9 mi 73.0