Viking Primary School

Viking Primary School has continued to demonstrate a good standard of education since its last inspection. The school provides a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and valued, and the leadership team emphasizes high expectations for all students. The curriculum is well-organized, covering a wide range of subjects that help students engage with their learning and develop important skills, including leadership. There are strong strategies in place for teaching early reading, and pupils exhibit a love of reading that is encouraged through a revamped library and read-aloud sessions.

Strengths

• Pupils receive effective pastoral support, making them feel happy and safe.
• Leaders have high expectations for pupil achievement.
• The curriculum is carefully ordered and covers a wide range of subjects.
• Teachers implement the curriculum effectively, tailoring strategies to support learning.
• There are ample opportunities for pupils to experience wider world engagements.
• Strong emphasis on early reading and phonics teaching has been established.
• Pupils demonstrate a genuine love of reading.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, leaders have not clearly identified the important concepts for pupils to learn.
• Teaching occasionally fails to reinforce pupils' understanding of subject-specific vocabulary.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Viking Primary School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.4% of pupils at Viking Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Viking Primary School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.8% of pupils at Viking Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Viking Primary School received £9,077 and spent £9,299 for each of its 205 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £28,000 (£137 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Viking Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Viking Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Viking Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Viking Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Viking Primary School have?

Viking Primary School has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does Viking Primary School cover?

Viking Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Viking Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Viking Primary School?

Viking Primary School is at Radcliffe Way, Northolt, UB5 6HW.