Aspire Academy
Aspire Academy is a free schools alternative provision in Kingston-upon-Hull for boys and girls aged 10 to 16. It has 81 pupils and room for 150. About 70 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.
351 Annandale Road, Preston Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE01482 318789asp.hlt.academyMrs Laura Stanforth headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 8 December 2022 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Kingston upon Hull, City of council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (65), Moderate learning difficulty (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (5), Specific learning difficulty (2), language and communications needs (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 81 | 80 | 82 | 83 | 103 | 102 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 70% | 74% | 70% | 59% | 50% | 54% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 65% | 54% | 41% | 43% | 62% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 35% | 46% | 59% | 57% | 38% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 46 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 38%, compared with 50% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 41% | 62% | 68% |
| Education | 35% | 57% | 55% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 5% |
| Work | 4% | 2% | 8% |
| Not in education, work or training | 41% | 28% | 22% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockwell Academy | Academy | 580 m | 338 | Good 2023 | 17 | Compare |
| St Richard's VC Academy | Academy | 650 m | 347 | Good 2024 | 31 | Compare |
| Marfleet Primary Academy | Academy | 880 m | 176 | Good 2022 | 57 | Compare |
| Oldfleet Primary School | Academy | 890 m | 304 | Requires improvement 2024 | 2 | Compare |
| Oakfield School | Academy | 970 m | – | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Liberty Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,199 | Requires improvement 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| Mountbatten Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 272 | Report card 2026 | 6 | Compare |
| Griffin Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 435 | Report card 2026 | 24 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Aspire Academy a good school?
Aspire Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in December 2022.
What is Aspire Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Aspire Academy good at its last full inspection on 8 December 2022.
How many pupils does Aspire Academy have?
81 pupils aged 10 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 150 places, so it is 54% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 351 Annandale Road, Preston Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE
- Telephone
- 01482 318789
- Website
- asp.hlt.academy
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Stanforth
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 10-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Heartwood Learning Trust (14 schools)
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Ward
- Marfleet
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2014 (new provision)
- URN
- 141037 · LAESTAB 8101104 · UKPRN 10047212
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.