Victoria Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Runcorn, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Victoria Road Primary School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Victoria Road Primary 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- Reception 2026 drew 6 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- At 0.6 first choices per offer for Reception 2026, it had the 2nd lowest figure of 47 Halton primary schools.
- 31.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 41.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Halton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Victoria Road, Runcorn, WA7 5BN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 183 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy attending Victoria Road Primary School.”
- “They embrace the school values of ‘care, achieve, respect and enjoy’.”
- “These values are lived out fully by pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the school does not provide sufficient opportunities for some pupils to revisit and consolidate earlier knowledge and skills.”
- “On occasion, this prevents some pupils from building securely on what they already know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 62% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 6 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 Halton.
- St Clement's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pewithall School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Widnes Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Weston Point Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published