Victoria Park Infant School

Victoria Park Infant School demonstrates a strong overall performance, being rated as 'Good' across all inspected areas. The school fosters a welcoming and secure environment where pupils feel safe and valued. The rich extracurricular offerings and a strong reading curriculum have positioned the school well to support all learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff maintain high expectations, cultivating a positive culture that encourages students to take pride in their achievements.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending school and have positive relationships with peers and staff.
• High expectations for behaviour lead to a calm and focused learning environment.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that includes clear guidance for most subjects.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, enabling them to access the same curriculum as their peers.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and community engagement.
• High regard from parents and staff morale is strong.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects have unclear guidance on the order of teaching key knowledge.
• Inconsistent delivery of content in a few subjects affects some pupils' learning.

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 Victoria Park Infant School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Victoria Park Infant 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 Victoria Park Infant School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.1% 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, 9.4% of pupils at Victoria Park Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Victoria Park Infant School received £7,058 and spent £7,411 for each of its 200 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £91,000 (£453 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 Victoria Park Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Victoria Park Infant School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Victoria Park Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Victoria Park Infant School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Victoria Park Infant School have?

Victoria Park Infant School has 203 pupils on roll.

What age range does Victoria Park Infant School cover?

Victoria Park Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Victoria Park Infant School?

Victoria Park Infant School is at Henshaw Street, Stretford, Manchester, M32 8BU.