The Victory Primary School, Portsmouth
The Victory Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Portsmouth, part of United Learning Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in April 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 12th-highest of the 28 schools in Portsmouth with published results, and 9,982nd of 14,452 across England. It was 85% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2015)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Portsmouth (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
The Victory Primary School in detail
The Victory Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at The Victory Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 70% and 68% in Portsmouth and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 66% in reading and 64% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at The Victory Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 31 families put The Victory Primary School as their first choice and 63 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at The Victory Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to The Victory Primary School are Castle Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 81% reading, 81% maths); St Paul's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 81% reading, 75% maths); Northern Infant School (0.8 miles, Good); and Northern Junior School (0.8 miles, Good, 77% reading, 75% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than The Victory Primary School.
Castle Primary SchoolSt Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolNorthern Infant SchoolNorthern Junior School
The trust
The Victory Primary School is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
What parents say
18 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Victory Primary School (as of September 2025): 83% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (60%).
Who goes there
48.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 11.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 33 pupils (9%) received SEN support and 54 (14.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
The Victory Primary School has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs: 23 places, 25 pupils on roll.
Staffing
The Victory Primary School had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 26 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Portchester Rail Station, about 840 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Truro Road (w-bound), 80 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 159 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Portsmouth (499).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, The Victory Primary School issued 16 suspensions, 4.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to The Victory Primary School are Castle View Academy (under 0.1 miles) and Portchester Community School (0.8 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from April 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's November 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
The Victory Primary School excels at creating a nurturing, inclusive environment where every child feels valued and supported. The early years provision is outstanding, giving young children an excellent start through expert teaching of phonics and early reading. Staff are highly skilled at identifying and supporting individual needs, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with additional needs, helping them make rapid progress.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional personal development with strong welfare and pastoral support
- Outstanding early years provision with excellent phonics and early reading approach
- Effective adaptations for pupils with special educational needs who achieve well
- Well-designed, sequenced curriculum that meets all pupils' needs
- Strong behaviour and positive attitudes to learning with rare disruption
Areas for Improvement
- Writing skills not yet fully embedded across the school - not enough pupils produce high-standard writing
- Attendance and punctuality need further improvement, though the school is making progress
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with school creating a positive culture where pupils' interests are prioritized.
Extracurricular Activities
Visits to local temples and the planetarium, pupil roles including book monitors, weekly pupil book sharing with families
The Victory Primary School is a highly inclusive school where pupils love attending and feel safe and listened to. The school has a well-sequenced curriculum with particularly strong early years provision, and staff focus effectively on closing achievement gaps for disadvantaged pupils.
At a Glance
48.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SEN unit: Speech and language
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
18 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 66% to 73% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 64% to 69% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 62% to 73% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
22.6
Avg class size
22.2
Infant (KS1)
27.4
KS2
16
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Nurseries
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to The Victory Primary School, with their latest published grades:
- Happy Days Nursery and Pre-School, Portsmouth - Day nursery, 0.2 milesOfsted report card, 9 September 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Portchester Day Nursery - Day nursery, 0.5 milesOfsted, 25 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- The Play Corner Paulsgrove - Pre-school, 0.6 milesOfsted report card, 28 September 2026: Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
- Oliver's Rainbow Nursery - Day nursery, 0.6 milesOfsted report card, 11 February 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Sprouts Childcare Ltd - Pre-school, 0.8 miles
Term dates
The Victory Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Portsmouth's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to The Victory Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. The Victory Primary School is in Portsmouth; for families living there:
- Portsmouth's school travel policy: travel assistance policy for school age (5-16) children
- How to apply: apply for discretionary travel assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 25
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 25 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 21 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Portsmouth is 57 (the median across 67 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Your chances of a place at The Victory Primary School
Will you get a place at The Victory Primary School?
For 2026 entry it had 31 first choices for 29 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
85%
Available places
358 pupils
420 places
62 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Across Portsmouth council
Places available
2,230
Applications
1,887
Got 1st preference
93.0%
Got preferred school
98.7%
All primary applications across Portsmouth council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Future places in the local planning area
DfE estimates the King Richard Primary planning area (Portsmouth) will have 553 spare primary places in 2027/28.
Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics
Inspection History(3)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
33
SEN Support
54
EHC Plans
23.8%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
The Victory Primary School has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs: 23 places, 25 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
365
Total Pupils
203
Boys
162
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
14
Teachers
26.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£51,079
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,931
Per pupil
£2461k
Total funding
£256k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
7.7%
Overall absence
22.9%
Persistent absence
336
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
The Victory Primary School
Questions parents ask about The Victory Primary School
What are SATs results like at The Victory Primary School?
Of the pupils at The Victory Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 73% reached the expected standard in reading and 69% did so in maths.
What is The Victory Primary School's Ofsted rating?
The Victory Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded. At its last graded inspection, in April 2015, it was rated Good.
Is it hard to get a place at The Victory Primary School?
The Victory Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 85% of its 420 places.
How big are the classes at The Victory Primary School?
Classes at The Victory Primary School average 22.6 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to The Victory Primary School?
The Victory Primary School has around 365 pupils on roll. 49% are eligible for free school meals.
Does The Victory Primary School have specialist SEN provision?
The Victory Primary School has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs: 23 places, 25 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at The Victory Primary School?
7.7% of sessions were missed at The Victory Primary School in 2024/25. 22.9% of pupils were persistently absent.
How many road collisions happen near The Victory Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 25 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 21 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Portsmouth is 57 (the median across 67 schools, same distance and years).
Where is The Victory Primary School?
The Victory Primary School is at Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 4QP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)