Victoria Primary School is in Abersychan, just to the north of Pontypool in Torfaen. It is a maintained primary school for pupils aged four to 11 years. There are 210 pupils on roll at present. This is slightly less than the number when the school was last inspected in 2008. The school has eight classes and eight full-time teachers. Currently about 20% of pupils are entitled to free school meals. This is slightly below the average in Torfaen and Wales. The school has identified about 21% of its pupils as having additional learning needs. A very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs. All children come from English-speaking homes and no pupils speak English as an additional language. A very few pupils are looked after by the local authority. There have been two fixed term exclusions of pupils over the last 12 months. The previous inspection of the school was in June 2008. The present headteacher was appointed in September 2004. The individual school budget of per pupils for Victoria Primary School in 2013-2014 means that the budget is £3,287. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Torfaen is £5,481 and the minimum is £2,854. Victoria Primary School is 18th out of the 29 primary schools in Torfaen in terms of its budget per pupil.