Priory Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Kingston upon Hull, City of·HU5 5RU
Composite score
75.2
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#1,141
National rank
#113
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#9
In Kingston upon Hull, City of
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
26%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
42 first choices, 43 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
73
any preference, for 43 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8520221.0820231.0020240.9620250.982026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Priory Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
410
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,955
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Priory Primary School is a primary school serving Kingston upon Hull, City of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 410 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 8% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 26% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Priory Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 42 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. Priory Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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