Valley View Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Jarrow, South Tyneside
Valley View Primary School is a primary school in Jarrow, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2023 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Valley View, Jarrow, NE32 5QY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 251 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Valley View Primary are superb ambassadors for their school.”
- “They embody the school’s aim of allowing all to thrive ‘educationally, socially, morally and culturally’.”
- “Pupils are polite and considerate.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, pupils’ attainment in mathematics did not meet leaders’ high expectations in 2024.”
- “Pupils did not achieve as highly as they could.”
- “Gaps in pupils’ mathematics knowledge were not identified and closed with sufficient swiftness.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2022 to 2023, as South Tyneside published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in South Tyneside.
- Bede Burn Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Simonside Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hebburn Lakes Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published