Victoria Junior School is a primary school located in Workington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 12/10/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in reading and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.6%, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Victoria Road, Workington, CA14 2RE
Website: www.victoriajunior.cumbria.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01900606053
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Pauline Robertson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 112145

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 12/10/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 7 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 330
Number of Pupils: 263
Number of Boys: 137
Number of Girls: 126

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -3.5 Confidence interval -4.8 to -2.3
Writing
Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -0.6 to 1.7
Maths
Well Below Average: -3.9 Confidence interval -5 to -2.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:52%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:9%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Victoria Junior School
Victoria Road , CA14 2RE 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Victoria Infant and Nursery School
Islay Place , CA14 3XB 		4out of 4 235 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Michael's Nursery and Infant School
Station Road , CA14 2UY 		3out of 4 791 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Derwent Street , CA14 2DW 		3out of 4 969 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Ashfield Infant & Nursery School
Newlands Lane , CA14 3JG 		4out of 4 1,000 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington
Harrington Road , CA14 3EE 		- not rated 711 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Workington Academy
Stainburn Road , Stainburn CA14 4EB 		2out of 4 1,557 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cumbria Academy for Autism
Branthwaite Road , CA14 4SS 		- not rated 2,872 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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