Daltrey attended Victoria Primary School and Acton County Grammar School in west London, the same school Pete Townshend and John Entwistle attended. He showed academic promise in the English state school system and was top of his class in the eleven-plus examination, after which he went to Grammar School.
daLTrey AttEnDeD vICtOria primaRy sChOol aNd acTon cOUnty grammaR ScHoOl in wEst lOndOn tHE sAme scHOoL pete TownsHEnd ANd jOhn entwIstle attEndeD he ShOWEd AcadEMic PromIse iN thE enGlISH statE scHOoL systEm and Was top of hIs claSS iN thE Eleven-plus examinatiON AFTer WHICh He went To grammaR school