Victoria Park Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Manchester, Trafford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Trafford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Victoria Park Infant School is a primary school in Manchester, Trafford for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Trafford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Victoria Park Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 0.959 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 1.149 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.100311012 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 3 of the 5 earlier years.
- Reception 2026: 51 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 12.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Trafford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Trafford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Henshaw Street, Stretford, Manchester, M32 8BU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Trafford
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, and children in early years, enjoy attending this welcoming school.”
- “They arrive in the playground eager to start the day.”
- “Pupils are proud to be members of their school community.”
To improve
- “In these subjects, leaders and teachers are not as clear about the order in which to teach key knowledge.”
- “This means that that some children and pupils do not build on their earlier learning as securely as they could.”
- “In the same subjects, leaders have not provided sufficient guidance on how to deliver the topics and concepts that make up the curriculum effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 51 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 51 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Trafford.
- St Ann's RC Primary School 0.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Victoria Park Junior School 0.2 mi Good
- Moss Park Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gorse Hill Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's RC Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Hilda's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kings Road Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published