Victoria Park Primary
Ballot Street, Smethwick, B66 3HH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VICTORIA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Robert Reed
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Victoria Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 604
- URN
- 138033
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215588701
About this school
Victoria Park Primary is a primary academy in Smethwick. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 604 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 92 | 90 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 70% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 8% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 82% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 76% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 83% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Park Primary has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sandwell average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 665 |
| 2023/24 | 651 |
| 2024/25 | 641 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Victoria Park Primary compares
Victoria Park Primary ranked 54th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 6.6% | 40.1% | 604 | — |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | 71% | 4% | 41.9% | 470 | 0.2 miles |
| St Philip's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 5.4% | 36.9% | 209 | 0.3 miles |
| Cape Primary School | 47% | 5.2% | 45.7% | 488 | 0.4 miles |
| Crocketts Community Primary School | 65% | 4.1% | 35.2% | 472 | 0.4 miles |
| Shireland Technology Primary | 75% | 4.5% | 37.8% | 440 | 0.5 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)
- 40.07%
- English as an additional language
- 52.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.61%
- Persistent absence
- 20.03%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Matthew's CofE Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
St Philip's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Smethwick
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Cape Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Smethwick
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Crocketts Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Smethwick
-
Shireland Technology Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Smethwick
Other schools in Smethwick
Victoria Park Primary ranks 11th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Smethwick.
- Abbey Infant School Primary
- Abbey Junior School Primary
- Annie Lennard Primary School Primary
- Bearwood Primary School Primary
- Cape Primary School Primary
- Crocketts Community Primary School Primary
- Devonshire Infant Academy Primary
- Devonshire Junior Academy Primary
- Galton Valley Primary School Primary
- George Betts Primary Academy Primary
- Shireland Hall Primary Academy Primary
- Shireland Technology Primary Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Victoria Park Primary teach?
- Victoria Park Primary teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Smethwick.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Victoria Park Primary?
- The executive headteacher of Victoria Park Primary is Mr Robert Reed, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Victoria Park Primary last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Victoria Park Primary, 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 Park Primary?
- Victoria Park Primary has 604 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Victoria Park Primary full?
- Victoria Park Primary has capacity for 630 pupils and 604 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Victoria Park Primary a faith school?
- No. Victoria Park Primary has no designated religious character.
- Does Victoria Park Primary have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Victoria Park Primary as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Victoria Park Primary?
- Victoria Park Primary is part of VICTORIA ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Victoria Park Primary's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 58% 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 Park Primary rank locally?
- Victoria Park Primary ranked 54th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% 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 Park Primary's absence rate?
- Victoria Park Primary's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Victoria Park Primary's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Victoria Park Primary'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 1 July 2026.