Academy converter · Primary
Stevenage · SG2 8RG · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenURN 117669
The Valley School
Community special school · Stevenage · SG2 9BN
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
193
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 11–16, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 193 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 40.9%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Ages 2–5
Status: Open
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Voluntary aided school · Primary
Stevenage · SG2 8QJ · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
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Community special school
Stevenage · SG2 9XS · Hertfordshire
Ages 2–19
Status: Open
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Foundation school · Primary
Stevenage · SG2 9GG · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
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Voluntary aided school · Primary
Stevenage · SG2 0PZ · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
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Foundation school · Secondary
Stevenage · SG2 9SW · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
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Ages 16–99
Status: Open
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 117669
Location
- Address
- Broadhall Way
- Postcode
- SG2 9BN
- Town
- Stevenage
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Stevenage
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 193
- Boys / girls
- 140 / 53
- School capacity
- 165
- Capacity fill
- 193 / 165 (117%)
- Free school meals
- 40.9%
- FSM pupils
- 79
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 10 on roll / 20 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Pearce
- Telephone
- 01438747274
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-11-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 0.4
- Progress 8
- -1.6
- English & maths grade 5+
- 0%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 0%
- EBacc entry
- 0%
- EBacc APS
- 0.0