Victoria Primary School

Victoria Primary School has been judged as good following its recent inspection, marking an improvement from its previous requires improvement status. The school has established a calm and supportive environment, where pupils display good behavior and respect for one another. The effective phonics program and structured reading approaches have contributed to developing pupils' reading skills from an early age, which is complemented by strong personal development initiatives. The positive relationships between staff and students, along with proactive parental engagement, further enhance the school’s supportive culture. However, some areas, such as mathematics and certain foundation subjects, revealed inconsistencies in curriculum delivery and ambitions for learning.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate good behavior and respect in a positive environment.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and community involvement.
• Effective phonics program supports early reading development.
• Staff build strong, supportive relationships with pupils and families.
• Leadership is focused on improving attendance and pupil achievement.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the curriculum delivery for science and design and technology.
• Some pupils do not access an appropriately ambitious mathematics curriculum.

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 Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.1% 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 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 Primary School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.1% 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, 11.1% of pupils at Victoria Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 2024–25 Victoria Primary School received £7,158 and spent £6,970 for each of its 309 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £87,000 (£281 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Northern Star Academies Trust, income was £7,474 and spending £7,332 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Keighley · Bradford local authority: places and applications

Victoria Primary School is part of Northern Star Academies Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Holycroft Primary School Keighley
• Eastwood Community School Keighley
• Parkwood Primary School Keighley
• Denholme Primary School Bradford
• Greatwood Community Primary School Skipton
• Skipton Girls' High School Skipton
• Byron Primary School Bradford
• Lapage Primary School and Nursery Bradford
• Meadow Bank Community School Bradford
• New Park Primary Academy Harrogate

What is Victoria Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Victoria Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Victoria Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Victoria Primary School have?

Victoria Primary School has 323 pupils on roll.

What age range does Victoria Primary School cover?

Victoria Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Victoria Primary School?

Victoria Primary School is at Cartmel Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 2RD.