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Victoria Park Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Atlas Road, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4QS · victoriaparkprimary.co.uk · 0117 903 0343
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bristol, City of 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.29 mi
- 0.47 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bristol Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 410
- 98% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 23.4%
- First language not English
- 32.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Amplify Education
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.29 mi (474 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.52 mi (838 m). Source: Bristol Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 78 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 73% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 78 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 61 | 1▲ | 93% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.29 mi0.47 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.52 mi0.84 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.35 mi0.57 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Bristol, City of it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135780)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Victoria Park Primary School on 28 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (93 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 93
- 23% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (19%) with SEND