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Highlands Primary School

Primary · Hull · HU7 5DD

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 February 2024

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At a glance

474 pupils · 100% of 474 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
52.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.highlandsprimaryschool.org.uk/
URN
139512

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 58 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 7 February 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 58 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

51 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
76%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school76%
Median of its 12 closest peers54%
Kingston upon Hull, City of average66.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Fairburn View Primary School, CastlefordCastleford · 41 miles awayGood30%
Green Park Community Primary SchoolDover · 196 miles awayOutstanding35%
Simpson's Lane AcademyKnottingley · 39 miles awayOutstanding84%
Breadsall Hill Top Primary SchoolDerby · 75 miles awayNeeds attention43%
Beech Hill Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 99 miles awayGood79%
Fair Furlong Primary SchoolBristol · 191 miles awayGood28%
St Margaret's Primary AcademyLowestoft · 125 miles awayExpected standard51%
Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary SchoolScarborough · 30 miles awayGood55%
Allanson Street Primary SchoolMerseyside · 101 miles awayGood62%
Mayfield Primary SchoolOldham · 74 miles awayRequires improvement53%
Rimrose Hope CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool · 112 miles awayOutstanding73%
Outwood Primary Academy WoodlandsDoncaster · 39 miles awayGood66%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 71%, England 60%) · Black African 6% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 3%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.91 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kingston upon Hull, City of: 1.30 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

43.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,386; 13% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,461
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 85% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £736,000; in-year balance +£390,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher12%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications34.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work8.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways36.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier29.7%62.3%
Social housing56.1%17.1%
Privately rented14.1%20.5%
Detached houses7.1%22.9%
Flats8.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van41.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012780 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£205,000230 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£145,000–£245,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (65)£248,000
Semi-detached (109)£222,000
Terraced (53)£101,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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