Valley Gardens Middle School
Valley Gardens, Whitley Bay, NE25 9AQ
768 pupils · 100% of 771 capacity
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Free school meals
- 6%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 19 November 2024, published 18 December 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 72% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 15% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Monkseaton Middle School 1 km · Good (2021) · previous system
- Wellfield Middle School 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Marden Bridge Middle School 1.5 km · Improved significantly (2025)
- Whytrig Middle School 4.6 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Seaton Sluice Middle School 4.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Gosforth East Middle School 10 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.