Sidmouth Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Kingston upon Hull, City of·HU5 2JY
Composite score
39.1
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#11,205
National rank
#1143
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#62
In Kingston upon Hull, City of
Top 76%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
47
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.8620231.0020241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Sidmouth 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
449
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
52.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,744
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Sidmouth Primary School at a glance

Located in Kingston upon Hull, City of, Sidmouth Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 449 pupils aged 3 to 11. 53% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 Sidmouth Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 22.6 pupils per teacher. Sidmouth 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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