Vale View Community School
Academy converter in Dover, Kent.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy converter |
| Age range | 2 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 222 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 210 |
| Free school meals | 64.40% |
| Trust or sponsor | WHINLESS DOWN ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Kent |
| Address | Vale View Road, Elms Vale, Dover, Kent, CT17 9NP |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.vale-view.kent.sch.uk |
| Telephone | 01304202821 |
| URN | 145355 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 26 April 2022, published 15 June 2022:
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
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Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- Priory Fields School (primary school, about 0.4 km)
- St Martin's School (primary school, about 0.5 km)
- White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School (primary school, about 1.0 km)
- Barton Junior School (primary school, about 1.4 km)
- Charlton Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 1.4 km)
- Aycliffe Community Primary School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School (primary school, about 1.6 km)
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