Valley Road School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.477 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Valley Road School is a primary school in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 March 2022. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Valley Road School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.477 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 0.477 miles away, the 12th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2012, and the figure has swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place.
- 94% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oxfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Valley Road, Valley Road School, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1RR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 165 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 March 2022
Strengths
- “Family is what springs to mind when observing how adults and pupils are together.”
- “Caring relationships lie at the heart of Valley Road.”
- “Leaders make sure that pupils’ individual personalities are brought to the fore.”
To improve
- “Although pupils generally achieve highly across the curriculum, teachers could expect even more.”
- “In some other subjects, teachers can be swayed by creative activities because they want to capture pupils’ interests.”
- “This can result in pupils undertaking tasks that are not challenging enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 2022 (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) | 94% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oxfordshire.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Henley-on-Thames 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- Badgemore Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Shiplake Church of England School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Peppard Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Sonning Common Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kidmore End Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi Good
- Nettlebed Community School 4.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published