Victoria Road Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester·CW9 5RE
Composite score
50.1
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National rank
#1001
In North West
#47
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
25
any preference, for 16 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020221.0020231.0020240.9320251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Victoria Road Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
134
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
35.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,224
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Victoria Road Primary School is a primary school serving Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 134 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Victoria Road Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Victoria Road Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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