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Victoria Park Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Community school
Henshaw Street, Stretford, Manchester M32 8BU · victoriaparkinfant.org · 0161 865 4778
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Trafford Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 203
- 88% of 232 places
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- First language not English
- 31%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Trafford Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 51 families put the school first and 57 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 57 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 58 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 98% |
Ofsted
Victoria Park Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Dec 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jun 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Feb 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 45
- 22% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied