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Priory Primary School

Primary · Hull · HU5 5RU

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 19 May 2026 · report published 5 July 2026

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At a glance

408 pupils · 97% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
24% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.prioryprimaryschool.org.uk/
URN
140290

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 42 families named it first for 43 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 19 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

43 places offered · 42 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
26%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers57%
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
Ossett South Parade PrimaryWakefield · 48 miles awayGood60%
Westacre Middle SchoolDroitwich · 127 miles awayGood57%
Irthlingborough Junior SchoolWellingborough · 99 miles awayGood57%
Shamblehurst Primary SchoolSouthampton · 200 miles awayGood65%
Pinhoe Church of England Primary School & NurseryExeter · 246 miles awayGood22%
Ark Little Ridge Primary AcademySt Leonards-on-Sea · 203 miles awayOutstanding73%
Lobley Hill Primary SchoolGateshead · 96 miles awayNo current grade65%
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBraintree · 136 miles awayRequires improvement52%
Okehampton Primary School and Foundation UnitOkehampton · 258 miles awayGood55%
The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-SchoolEly · 98 miles awayGood38%
Gatehouse Primary AcademyDawlish · 255 miles awayNeeds attention57%
Manor Primary SchoolUckfield · 194 miles awayGood63%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 71%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 9%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 6%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 0%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.24 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
20.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.1 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 £51,387; 16% 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£5,955
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 83% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £461,000; in-year balance +£391,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.5%62.3%
Social housing12.7%17.1%
Privately rented18.8%20.5%
Detached houses11.5%22.9%
Flats5.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7%21.1%
Households with no car or van22.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012801 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£137,000478 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£118,000–£160,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (21)£270,000
Semi-detached (120)£151,000
Terraced (330)£131,500
Flat (7)£62,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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