Wandle Valley Academy is an academy in Carshalton, United Kingdom with 89 pupils, part of Parallel Learning Trust. As of 13 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Safeguarding and Attendance Lead (closes 27 November).
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Head
Lynda Harris, Deputy Headteacher
Trust or group
Parallel Learning Trust
Type
Academy
Pupils
89 pupils · 17% girls · 77.5% eligible for free school meals · 3.4% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
0 (0.0%) on SEN support · 89 (100.0%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
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Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2025/26 provisional
3.4
0.0%
–
–
2024/25
2.2
0.0%
0%
0%
2023/24
1.8
0.0%
0%
0%
2022/23
–
–
0%
0%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
15 November 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
13.8
6.4
–
0
£56,319
2024/25
11.8
8.1
8%
0
£58,162
2023/24
14.8
6.1
34%
0
£46,075
2022/23
15.6
5.3
30%
0
£45,149
2021/22
17.4
5.1
22%
0
£46,093
2020/21
18.0
4.1
9%
0
£41,837
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
19.6
3.9
13%
1
£41,670
2018/19
19.6
4.1
20%
0
£41,795
2017/18
16.2
4.1
6%
0
£43,918
2016/17
15.2
4.3
13%
1
£43,683
2015/16
17.2
3.2
35%
0
£40,696
2014/15
13.9
4.8
0%
0
£44,496
2013/14
16.9
4.0
36%
0
£43,009
2012/13
17.7
3.8
16%
0
£40,397
2011/12
16.7
4.3
14%
0
£41,254
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
22.9%
10.6%
55.0%
18.7%
2024/25
23.0%
10.6%
56.7%
18.6%
2023/24
21.9%
11.3%
54.8%
11.8%
2022/23
26.9%
13.0%
63.6%
20.4%
2021/22
29.2%
11.3%
73.1%
20.4%
2020/21
29.4%
6.7%
73.0%
18.9%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
27.7%
16.4%
65.1%
22.9%
2017/18
31.8%
12.3%
65.0%
32.5%
2016/17
24.5%
9.7%
58.9%
24.7%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
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