Victoria Park Primary School

Victoria Park Primary School is a larger-than-average primary in Bedminster, Bristol, and is part of Amplify Education multi-academy trust. Inspectors found safeguarding standards are met and the school has a generally positive culture: pupils are proud, happy and safe, behaviour is calm and respectful, bullying is rare, and attendance is above the national average. Early years provision and personal development and wellbeing are particular strengths, with children getting off to a flying start and pupils benefiting from a broad, well-planned enrichment programme.

Strengths

• Early years provision is inspirational and gives children a flying start.
• Personal development and wellbeing is a clear strength, built around five purposeful pillars.
• Phonics teaching is strong, with high expectations and rigorous checking of understanding.
• Pupils are proud, happy and safe, and behave well in calm, orderly classrooms.
• Attendance is above the national average and persistent absence has reduced.
• Inclusion is well led, with effective early identification and personalised support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well planned, with key knowledge and skills set out precisely.
• Pupils have extensive artistic, sporting, cultural and leadership opportunities.
• Staff are well supported through professional development and coaching, and parents are highly supportive.
• Governors and trustees support the school to fulfil its statutory duties, including safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• Published outcomes for disadvantaged pupils are well below the national average.
• The disadvantage gap is large, especially in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Key Stage 2 pupils have not secured accuracy and fluency in spelling, handwriting, punctuation and grammar.
• Assessment and feedback in Key Stage 2 are not used consistently well to identify misconceptions and errors.
• Teachers do not regularly adapt learning activities to reflect what pupils know and can do.
• Pupils' work in books does not always reflect the school's high ambitions or pupils' capabilities.
• Some pupils with SEND and some disadvantaged pupils do not achieve as well as they could in class.
• Leaders' monitoring of teaching and learning has not led to consistent improvements in pupils' work.
• Not all staff have high enough expectations of what pupils can achieve.
• Governors do not always receive the information they need to challenge leaders effectively.

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 Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.7% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Victoria Park Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Primary School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.3% 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, 14.4% of pupils at Victoria Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Park Primary School received £6,999 and spent £7,019 for each of its 405 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £275,000 (£679 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Amplify Education, income was £8,102 and spending £8,050 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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Victoria Park Primary School is part of Amplify Education, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Parson Street Primary School Bristol
• Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol
• Cathedral Primary School Bristol
• Ashton Gate Primary School Bristol
• Headley Park Primary School Bristol
• Hotwells Primary School Bristol
• Bridge Learning Campus Bristol
• St Werburgh's Primary School Bristol
• Henleaze Junior School Bristol
• Henleaze Infant School Bristol

What is Victoria Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Victoria Park Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Victoria Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Victoria Park Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Victoria Park Primary School have?

Victoria Park Primary School has 410 pupils on roll.

What age range does Victoria Park Primary School cover?

Victoria Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

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

Where is Victoria Park Primary School?

Victoria Park Primary School is at Atlas Road, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4QS.