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Clifton Primary School

Primary · Hull · HU2 9BP

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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 3 February 2026 · report published 13 April 2026

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At a glance

364 pupils · 116% of 315 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
48% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
55.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.cliftonprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
144677

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 33 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 3 February 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 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

33 places offered · 32 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers58.5%
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
Sidney Stringer Primary AcademyCoventry · 104 miles awayStrong standard69%
Manor Park Primary AcademyBirmingham · 107 miles awayGood69%
Risley Avenue Primary SchoolLondon · 149 miles awayGood63%
Cottage Grove Primary School and NurserySouthsea · 207 miles awayRequires improvement53%
Nelson Mandela SchoolBirmingham · 110 miles awayGood60%
Oasis Academy WoodviewBirmingham · 110 miles awayGood57%
Abbeyfield Primary AcademySheffield · 52 miles awayGood59%
St Michael's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 109 miles awayGood58%
Cobden Primary School & Community CentreLoughborough · 76 miles awayRequires improvement45%
Woodlands Primary SchoolBirkenhead · 113 miles awayNeeds attention53%
St Agnes C of E Primary SchoolManchester · 79 miles awayGood48%
St Richard's RC Primary SchoolManchester · 78 miles awayGood75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 27% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 71%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 26% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 4%, England 3%) · Not recorded 16% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 1%) · Black African 10% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 9% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 5%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 0%) · Any other Black background 1% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 1%) · 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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.27 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
20.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

36.8% 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 £52,855; 22.2% 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£7,506
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £298,000; in-year balance +£121,000

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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 higher20.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications35.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work10.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health38.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier22.1%62.3%
Social housing49.1%17.1%
Privately rented27.6%20.5%
Detached houses5.9%22.9%
Flats36.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van56.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012857 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£100,000202 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£74,000–£129,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (12)£120,500
Terraced (121)£105,000
Flat (68)£96,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
46an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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