Queen Victoria Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Dudley·DY3 1JB
Composite score
41.3
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#10,472
National rank
#1126
In West Midlands
#57
In Dudley
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
37 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
76
any preference, for 40 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.9820240.9220250.932026

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

Every child who put Queen 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
497
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,793
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Queen Victoria Primary School at a glance

Located in Dudley, Queen Victoria Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 497 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Queen Victoria Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 37 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Queen Victoria Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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