Victoria Junior School, Leeds
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Victoria Junior School excels at building positive relationships with pupils and families, creating a happy, caring learning environment where children thrive. Teachers know their pupils well as individuals and use engaging, well-planned lessons that motivate them to learn. The school has made impressive improvements in pupils' achievement, particularly in reading and mathematics, and is successfully helping pupils with additional needs and disadvantaged backgrounds make good progress.
Key Strengths
- Pupils make good progress and reach above-average standards in reading and mathematics by end of Key Stage 2
- Teaching is good with very good relationships between teachers and pupils
- Strong leadership from headteacher who holds teachers accountable for pupil progress
- School has successfully strengthened writing since last inspection with rising standards
- Caring school where teachers know children well as individuals
Areas for Improvement
- Not enough teaching is outstanding to accelerate pupil progress, particularly in writing
- Too much time spent on planning written work means some units of work take too long to complete
- Not enough pupils making better than expected progress in writing
- Middle leaders new to their roles need better understanding of achievement in their subjects
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - pupils say they feel safe and well cared for, and behaviour and safety is rated good.
Victoria Junior School is a good school where pupils' achievement in reading, writing and mathematics has improved significantly over the past three years. Teachers have very good relationships with pupils and the school provides a caring environment where pupils feel safe and behave well.
At a Glance
47.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 42% to 73%. Maths has improved from 47% to 59%. Writing has declined from 55% to 51%.
Class Sizes
24.3
Avg class size
4
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
65%
Available places
97 pupils
150 capacity
53 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Leeds
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Admissions Demand - Leeds
Places available
10,239
Applications
8,283
Got 1st preference
93.1%
Got preferred school
99.3%
Primary admissions across Leeds (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.18895%
Overall absence
22.85714%
Persistent absence
140
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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