Highlands Primary School

Kingston upon Hull, City of · HU7 5DD

General information Primary School · 2-11 years Who goes here 474 pupils, 52.6% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Outstanding

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Highlands Primary School

General Information

Address: Lothian Way, Bransholme, Hull, HU7 5DD – View on map
Phone: 01482835609
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Debra Smith
Age range: 2-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 58 families put it first for 60 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 7 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

474 pupils out of 472 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 216
% eligible for free school meals: 52.6%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Kingston upon Hull, City of average)
English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 4.5% a year (Kingston upon Hull, City of 12.9%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 67% moved to another school, 33% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Kingston upon Hull, City of: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 11.5%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 18.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 31 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 24 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 11 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Outstanding 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 76% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Kingston upon Hull, City of average (68%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 79% against an expected 55%)
3-year average (expected standard): 79%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 82% · Maths 94% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 92%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 110
Based on: 51 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolKingston upon Hull, City of averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 8 percentage points above the Kingston upon Hull, City of average (68%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 17th of 68 junior and primary schools in the area

=15Lift Green Way77%
=17Bude Park Primary School76%
=17Highlands Primary School76%
=17Sutton Park Primary School76%
=20Marfleet Primary Academy75%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Kingswood Parks Primary School88%
=1Spring Cottage Primary School88%
#3Bricknell Primary School87%
=4Craven Primary Academy85%
=4St Nicholas Primary School85%
#6Clifton Primary School83%
#7East Park Primary School81%
=8Christopher Pickering Primary School80%
=8Lift Hall Road80%
=8Maybury Primary School80%
=8Mersey Primary Academy80%
#12Estcourt Primary Academy79%
=13Broadacre Primary School78%
=13Parkstone Primary School78%
=15Collingwood Primary School77%
=15Lift Green Way77%
=17Bude Park Primary School76%
=17Highlands Primary School76%
=17Sutton Park Primary School76%
=20Marfleet Primary Academy75%
=20Wold Academy75%
#22Neasden Primary School74%
#23Eastfield Primary School73%
=24Francis Askew Primary School71%
=24Lift Newington71%
=24The Parks Primary Academy71%
=27Ainthorpe Primary School70%
=27Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy70%
=27Endsleigh Holy Child VC Academy70%
=27St Richard's VC Academy70%
=31Priory Primary School69%
=31Westcott Primary School69%
#33Bellfield Primary School68%
=34Appleton Primary School67%
=34Longhill Primary School67%
=34Southcoates Primary Academy67%
#37Adelaide Primary School66%
#38Thoresby Primary School65%
=39Biggin Hill Primary School64%
=39Buckingham Primary Academy64%
=41Endike Academy63%
=41Mountbatten Primary School63%
=41Newland St John's Church of England Academy63%
=41St James' Church of England Academy63%
=41St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC Academy63%
=46St George's Primary School62%
=46Stockwell Academy62%
=46Victoria Dock Primary School62%
=46Wansbeck Primary School62%
#50Rokeby Park Primary School61%
=51Dorchester Primary School60%
=51Griffin Primary School60%
=53Ings Primary School59%
=53St Anthony's Voluntary Catholic Academy59%
=55Paisley Primary School58%
=55Stoneferry Primary School58%
=55Woodland Primary School58%
#58Wheeler Primary School57%
#59Thanet Primary School56%
=60Pearson Primary School53%
=60Sidmouth Primary School53%
#62Cleeve Primary School52%
#63Thorpepark Academy50%
#64Chiltern Primary School49%
#65St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy48%
#66St Charles Voluntary Catholic Academy36%
#67Oldfleet Primary School35%
#68Stepney Primary School29%

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4th of 52 primary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for Ofsted rating

#2Collingwood Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Craven Primary AcademyOutstanding
#4Highlands Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Lift NewingtonOutstanding
#6Spring Cottage Primary SchoolOutstanding

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Christopher Pickering Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Collingwood Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Craven Primary AcademyOutstanding
#4Highlands Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Lift NewingtonOutstanding
#6Spring Cottage Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7The Parks Primary AcademyOutstanding
#8Thoresby Primary SchoolOutstanding
#9Adelaide Primary SchoolGood
#10Ainthorpe Primary SchoolGood
#11Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#12Bellfield Primary SchoolGood
#13Broadacre Primary SchoolGood
#14Buckingham Primary AcademyGood
#15Bude Park Primary SchoolGood
#16Chiltern Primary SchoolGood
#17East Park Primary SchoolGood
#18Endsleigh Holy Child VC AcademyGood
#19Estcourt Primary AcademyGood
#20Francis Askew Primary SchoolGood
#21Ings Primary SchoolGood
#22Kingswood Parks Primary SchoolGood
#23Lift Green WayGood
#24Lift Hall RoadGood
#25Marfleet Primary AcademyGood
#26Maybury Primary SchoolGood
#27Mersey Primary AcademyGood
#28Neasden Primary SchoolGood
#29Newland St John's Church of England AcademyGood
#30Parkstone Primary SchoolGood
#31Pearson Primary SchoolGood
#32Rokeby Park Primary SchoolGood
#33Sidmouth Primary SchoolGood
#34Southcoates Primary AcademyGood
#35St James' Church of England AcademyGood
#36St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC AcademyGood
#37St Nicholas Primary SchoolGood
#38St Richard's VC AcademyGood
#39St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic AcademyGood
#40Stepney Primary SchoolGood
#41Stockwell AcademyGood
#42Stoneferry Primary SchoolGood
#43Sutton Park Primary SchoolGood
#44Thanet Primary SchoolGood
#45Thorpepark AcademyGood
#46Victoria Dock Primary SchoolGood
#47Wansbeck Primary SchoolGood
#48Westcott Primary SchoolGood
#49Wold AcademyGood
#50Woodland Primary SchoolGood
#51Oldfleet Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#52St Andrew's Church of England Primary AcademyRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,461 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

46th of 68 primary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for spending per pupil

#44Lift Newington£6,514
#45St George's Primary School£6,491
#46Highlands Primary School£6,461
#47St Nicholas Primary School£6,428
#48Sutton Park Primary School£6,369

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Wansbeck Primary School£9,606
#2Cleeve Primary School£8,671
#3Rokeby Park Primary School£8,509
#4Ings Primary School£7,983
#5Thorpepark Academy£7,932
#6Dorchester Primary School£7,914
#7Woodland Primary School£7,842
#8Francis Askew Primary School£7,729
#9Mountbatten Primary School£7,723
#10Newland St John's Church of England Academy£7,693
#11Buckingham Primary Academy£7,686
#12Thanet Primary School£7,584
#13Bude Park Primary School£7,552
#14Clifton Primary School£7,506
#15Maybury Primary School£7,438
#16Lift Hall Road£7,425
#17Marfleet Primary Academy£7,333
#18Oldfleet Primary School£7,294
#19Biggin Hill Primary School£7,281
#20Stoneferry Primary School£7,256
#21Craven Primary Academy£7,199
#22Appleton Primary School£7,139
#23Paisley Primary School£7,047
#24Adelaide Primary School£7,007
#25Pearson Primary School£6,998
#26Christopher Pickering Primary School£6,992
#27Lift Green Way£6,927
#28Chiltern Primary School£6,861
#29St Anthony's Voluntary Catholic Academy£6,841
#30St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy£6,840
#31The Parks Primary Academy£6,834
#32Collingwood Primary School£6,828
#33Estcourt Primary Academy£6,818
#34St Richard's VC Academy£6,800
#35St James' Church of England Academy£6,743
#36Stockwell Academy£6,735
#37Mersey Primary Academy£6,716
#38Longhill Primary School£6,672
#39Victoria Dock Primary School£6,618
#40Griffin Primary School£6,587
#41Wold Academy£6,553
#42Spring Cottage Primary School£6,553
#43Southcoates Primary Academy£6,518
#44Lift Newington£6,514
#45St George's Primary School£6,491
#46Highlands Primary School£6,461
#47St Nicholas Primary School£6,428
#48Sutton Park Primary School£6,369
#49Neasden Primary School£6,344
#50Stepney Primary School£6,271
#51St Charles Voluntary Catholic Academy£6,096
#52Wheeler Primary School£6,090
#53Westcott Primary School£6,077
#54Broadacre Primary School£6,073
#55St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC Academy£6,012
#56Ainthorpe Primary School£5,958
#57Priory Primary School£5,955
#58Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy£5,892
#59Endike Academy£5,884
#60Parkstone Primary School£5,854
#61East Park Primary School£5,847
#62Bricknell Primary School£5,758
#63Sidmouth Primary School£5,744
#64Endsleigh Holy Child VC Academy£5,743
#65Kingswood Parks Primary School£5,653
#66Eastfield Primary School£5,170
#67Bellfield Primary School£5,123
#68Thoresby Primary School£5,003

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