Victoria Junior School
Victoria Road, Workington, CA14 2RE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Pauline Robertson
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 330
- Pupils on roll
- 311
- URN
- 112145
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01900606053
About this school
Victoria Junior School is a community primary school in Workington. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 311 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 64 | 63 | 71 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 27% | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 60% | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 33% | 37% | 49% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 36% | 43% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 96.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Victoria Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 20% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 27% | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 264 |
| 2023/24 | 307 |
| 2024/25 | 312 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Victoria Junior School compares
Victoria Junior School ranked 106th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29% | 5% | 39.4% | 311 | — |
| Victoria Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.3% | 24.2% | 251 | 0.1 miles |
| St Michael's Nursery and Infant School | — | 6.3% | 32.1% | 117 | 0.5 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | 53% | 4% | 20.9% | 199 | 0.6 miles |
| Ashfield Infant & Nursery School | — | 4.7% | 13.1% | 200 | 0.6 miles |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington | 47% | 5% | 46.8% | 183 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.42%
- English as an additional language
- 9.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.95%
- Persistent absence
- 11.29%
Location
Nearby schools
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Victoria Infant and Nursery School0.1 miles
Primary · Workington
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St Michael's Nursery and Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Workington
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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Workington
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Ashfield Infant & Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Workington
-
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington0.6 miles
Primary · Workington
Other schools in Workington
Victoria Junior School ranks 11th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Workington.
- Ashfield Infant & Nursery School Primary
- Ashfield Junior School Primary
- Beckstone Primary School Primary
- Dean CofE School Primary
- Derwent Vale Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Distington Community School Primary
- Northside Primary School Primary
- Seaton Academy Primary
- Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior School Primary
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Michael's Nursery and Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Victoria Junior School teach?
- Victoria Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Workington.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Victoria Junior School?
- The executive headteacher of Victoria Junior School is Mrs Pauline Robertson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Victoria Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Victoria Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Victoria Junior School?
- Victoria Junior School has 311 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Victoria Junior School full?
- Victoria Junior School has capacity for 330 pupils and 311 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Victoria Junior School a faith school?
- No. Victoria Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Victoria Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Victoria Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Victoria Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 20% in 2022/23 and 29% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Victoria Junior School rank locally?
- Victoria Junior School ranked 106th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Victoria Junior School's absence rate?
- Victoria Junior School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Victoria Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Victoria Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.