Victoria Park Primary School, Bristol

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Victoria Park Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard, 2 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have prioritised the early years."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The provision for pupils' personal development is a strength of the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "School leaders have an unrelenting focus to improve rates of attendance to pre-covid levels."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "School leaders have high expectations for pupils who are disadvantaged and for those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Achievement - Needs attention. "By the time they leave school, most pupils achieve well in national tests."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have an informed understanding of teaching and the curriculum."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders know the school's context and the areas for development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the school's work on improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils is having the intended impact and that governors and trustees hold leaders to account for the effectiveness of this work"; "Leaders should ensure that assessment and feedback are used consistently well to support teachers to design learning activities that build on what pupils know and can do"; "Leaders should strengthen writing across the Key Stage 2 curriculum, ensuring that there are high expectations for the accuracy of spelling, handwriting, punctuation and grammar"; "Leaders, governors and trustees should ensure that monitoring of teaching and learning, including the review of written work across Key Stage 2, focuses clearly on the impact on pupils' achievement. This will enable them to identify promptly where further improvement is needed".

From the headteacher's welcome: "You can click on "Newsletters" to see our weekly school newsletter and termly curriculum newsletters."

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 10 November 2026, an open day on Thursday 12 November 2026, an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026 and an open day on Tuesday 24 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Victoria Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 75% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Bristol, City of; and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 81% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 78 families put Victoria Park Primary School as their first choice and 182 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 21 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Victoria Park Primary School are Oasis Academy Marksbury Road (0.2 miles, Outstanding, 78% reading, 83% maths); St Mary Redcliffe Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 61% reading, 59% maths); Holy Cross RC Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 77% reading, 73% maths); and Oasis Academy Connaught (0.7 miles, Good, 64% reading, 64% maths).

Victoria Park Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Victoria Park Primary School is one of 21 schools run by Amplify Education, an academy trust.

32.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (69%), Black (10%) and Asian (8%).

The nearest railway station is Bedminster Rail Station, about 540 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

31 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Atlas Road (ne-bound), 20 metres away.

In 2024/25, Victoria Park Primary School issued 13 suspensions, 3.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Victoria Park Primary School are Oasis Academy Daventry Road (0.5 miles), Oasis Academy Temple Quarter (0.5 miles), St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School (0.7 miles) and Bristol Cathedral Choir School (1.1 miles).