Furness Vale Primary and Nursery School
Primary school in High Peak, Derbyshire. No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024, report published 23 October 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around October 2028
The last inspection was in October 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 1.1 milesNewtown Primary School (High Peak Federation)
Good (Mar 2024)
- 1.2 milesBuxworth Primary School
Good (Oct 2022)
- 1.3 milesSt George's CofE Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jan 2025)
- 1.4 milesSt Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
School remains Good (Jan 2023)
- 1.5 milesWhaley Bridge Primary School
Good (Jul 2022)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.