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Hedon Primary School

Primary · Hull · HU12 8BN

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 November 2023

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At a glance

130 pupils · 62% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.hedon.horizonacademy.uk/
URN
151160

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 7 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
48%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school48%
Median of its 12 closest peers56%
East Riding of Yorkshire average58.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Tetney Primary SchoolGrimsby · 19 miles awayGood70%
Copplestone Primary SchoolCrediton · 252 miles awayGood46%
St John's CofE SchoolWarminster · 194 miles awayExpected standard45%
Slip End Village SchoolLuton · 131 miles awayGood75%
Curdworth Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 105 miles awayGood57%
Bow Community Primary SchoolCrediton · 254 miles awayGood40%
Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolTring · 134 miles awayGood36%
Sharpness Primary SchoolBerkeley · 169 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Meare Village Primary SchoolGlastonbury · 208 miles awayGood77%
Wool Church of England Primary SchoolWareham · 228 miles awayGood46%
Edmund de Moundeford VC Primary School, FeltwellThetford · 92 miles awayGood68%
Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolTrowbridge · 186 miles awayExpected standard55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (East Riding of Yorkshire 89%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.88 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · East Riding of Yorkshire: 2.14 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 10% 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)

14.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5 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 £51,187; 28.6% 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£8,583
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£74,000; in-year balance -£73,000

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work28.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health37%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73.5%62.3%
Social housing4%17.1%
Privately rented22.5%20.5%
Detached houses23.8%22.9%
Flats8.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013095 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£175,000272 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£140,000–£225,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (69)£256,000
Semi-detached (127)£170,000
Terraced (48)£145,000
Flat (28)£112,500

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an 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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