Victoria Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Keighley, Bradford·BD21 2RD
Composite score
41.0
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National rank
#1085
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#101
In Bradford
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
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
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
40 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
68
any preference, for 44 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8220220.8620230.9720240.9220250.912026

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

Every child who put Victoria 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
326
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
61.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,421
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Victoria Primary School at a glance

Located in Keighley, Bradford, Victoria Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 326 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 14.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Victoria Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 44 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. 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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