Victoria Dock Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Kingston upon Hull, City of·HU9 1TL
Composite score
52.0
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#6,536
National rank
#643
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#38
In Kingston upon Hull, City of
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
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, 44 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
49
any preference, for 44 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0220220.9520231.0020241.0020250.952026

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

Every child who put Victoria Dock 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
322
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
35.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,618
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Victoria Dock Primary School is a primary school serving Kingston upon Hull, City of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 322 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Victoria Dock Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 44 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Victoria Dock 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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