Victoria Road Primary School

Victoria Road Primary School continues to maintain its good performance as reported in its recent inspection. Pupils are happy and demonstrate strong engagement with the school's values of care, achieve, respect, and enjoy. The school prides itself on high expectations for learning, particularly in its specially resourced provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, preparing students effectively for future challenges. Various enriching activities, such as trips and clubs, contribute positively to students' overall development and enjoyment of school life. However, there are areas identified for improvement, particularly around providing more opportunities for pupils to revisit and consolidate their earlier learning in a few subjects. This has the potential to impact their ability to build on previous knowledge effectively. Overall, the school is committed to addressing these areas while celebrating its successes to ensure continued growth and achievement for all its pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and demonstrate good behavior throughout the school.
• The school has high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-designed, enhancing student learning.
• Staff deliver the curriculum enthusiastically and with expertise.
• Early years curriculum is exceptionally well tailored to engage children.
• Effective phonics teaching supports strong reading development.
• Pupils participate actively in personal development and community engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack sufficient opportunities for pupils to revisit and consolidate earlier knowledge.
• A small number of pupils may struggle to build securely on what they already know.

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 Road Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.4% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Victoria Road 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 Victoria Road Primary School had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 19.1% of pupils at Victoria Road Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 10 pupils.

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 Road Primary School received £10,137 and spent £9,618 for each of its 183 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £143,000 (£781 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 Road Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Victoria Road Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Victoria Road Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Victoria Road Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Victoria Road Primary School have?

Victoria Road Primary School has 183 pupils on roll.

What age range does Victoria Road Primary School cover?

Victoria Road Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Victoria Road Primary School?

Victoria Road Primary School is at Victoria Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 5BN.