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The Vale Academy

The Vale Academy
Wilbury Drive
Luton
Bedfordshire
England
LU54QP

📞 phone: 01582 211150

👨‍🏫 principal: Mr Jordan Campbell (Interim May 2025)

🌍 web: www.thevaleacademy.co.uk

624 pupils mixed gender
563 pupils capacity: 111% full

334 boys 54%

290 girls 46%

Last updated:

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Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
138714
Education phase
Primary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Establishment #
4056
Open date
1. September 2012
Reason open
Academy Converter
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 503124, Northing: 222874
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 51.895, Longitude: -0.50276
Accepting pupils
2—11 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
18. January 2024
Ofsted last inspection
17. May 2023
Region › Const. › Ward
East of England › Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard › Dunstable East
Free school meals %
11.60
Trust
ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS
Learning provider ref #
10038622

School governors

  • Ms Tanya Knight, Local Governor 4. April 2020—29. August 2024
  • Ms Sammi Groves, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 14. December 2021—13. December 2023
  • Ms Jo Ward, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 22. July 2022—21. July 2024
  • Ms Shazia Anwar, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 22. July 2022—21. July 2024
  • Mr Neil Barker, Shared Chair of Local Governing Body - Establishment 21. September 2022—29. August 2024
  • Mr Martin Baldock, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 21. September 2022—29. August 2024
  • Mr Neil Barker, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 21. September 2022—29. August 2024
  • Ms Bronwen Philpott, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 21. September 2022—29. August 2024
  • Ms Helen Pendell, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 28. September 2022—29. August 2024
  • Mr Neil Barker, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 23. September 2024—22. September 2028
  • Mr Martin Baldock, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 23. September 2024—22. September 2028
  • Ms Bronwen Philpott, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 23. September 2024—22. September 2028
  • Ms Helen Pendell, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 23. September 2024—22. September 2028
  • Ms Shazia Anwar, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 16. February 2024—15. February 2026
  • Ms Gemma Wareham, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 16. February 2024—15. February 2026
  • Mrs Joanne Ward, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 16. February 2024—15. February 2026
  • Ms Joanne Liddle, Shared Local Governor - Establishment 16. February 2024—15. February 2026
  • Ms Tanya Knight, Local Governor 11. September 2020—None
  • Mr Neil Barker, Shared Chair of Local Governing Body - Establishment 9. October 2024—8. October 2025
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