Swanland Primary School
General Information
- Address: Tranby Lane, Swanland, North Ferriby, HU14 3NE – View on map
- Phone: 01482631300
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Hannah Stephenson
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 73 families put it first for 60 places – 12 for every 10 places. 79% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 14 · 2024 12 · 2025 11 · 2026 12
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 25
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the East Riding of Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 6.5% a year (East Riding of Yorkshire 12.2%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 27% moved to another school, 73% 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
Across East Riding of Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (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 East Riding of Yorkshire, 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 5.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the East Riding of Yorkshire average (57%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 68% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 73% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- Based on: 60 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
Year 6 SATs: joint 31st of 107 junior and primary schools in the area
- =31Hook Church of England Primary School65%
- =31Pocklington Junior School65%
- =31Swanland Primary School65%
- =34Acre Heads Primary School64%
- =34Cherry Burton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School64%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,077 (2024-25)
97th of 111 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #95South Cave Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,142
- #96Nafferton Primary School£6,117
- #97Swanland Primary School£6,077
- #98Kirk Ella St Andrew's Community Primary School£6,065
- #99St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Beverley£6,056
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