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Estcourt Primary Academy

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy329 pupilsNurseryHullKingston upon Hull, City of
School Chooser Score
92
Well above
similar schools
Likely range 84 to 96
Out of 100. Better than 94% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, January 2025
Reached the expected level at 1179%England 63%
Attendance94.7%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families34%A bit more than most schools
Places1 spare329 pupils, 330 places
Pupils per teacher21.1School workforce census

Estcourt Primary Academy is a converter academy in Hull for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 329 pupils and room for 330. About 34 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools. We give it 92 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 94% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

Estcourt Street, Hull, HU9 2RP01482 761322estcourtprimary.org.ukMrs Selina Midgley-Wright head of academyAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 28 January 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Outstanding
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Outstanding
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Outstanding
Early years
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes
Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
8 December 2022UngradedSchool remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

38 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1179%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level11%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score106.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score105.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 85%85%20172018: 78%78%20182019: 86%86%20192023: 85%85%20232024: 70%70%20242025: 79%79%2025
Since 2017: -6%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017Kingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Pupils tested384440443733
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths79%70%85%86%78%85%67%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths11%11%18%27%19%27%9%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score106.0105.0108.0110.0106.0108.0105.3105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score105.0105.0108.0111.0106.0108.0104.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score103.0101.0102.0111.0109.0111.0104.7105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard82%73%88%91%86%88%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard79%82%93%93%84%85%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)82%77%88%86%89%85%
Reading progressReading progress score+3.5+5.6+3.5+6.3
Maths progressMaths progress score+4.2+5.7+4.1+5.4
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged71%50%93%100%94%80%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged83%82%80%75%63%92%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 4 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
71%83%
Gap 12 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
85%72%
Gap 13 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
63%79%
Gap 16 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
14%11%
Gap 3 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

A few spare places285 pupils for 315 places, 2024/25
91% full

About 30 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have fallen by 7% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

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 a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll329Census January 2026
Places330100% full
Pupils from low-income families31%34% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English37%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support17%55 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan3%10 pupils with a plan
Average class size25.612 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)34%£150,350 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls158 / 171
White British pupils50%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 24.2 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 27.5 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (27), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (13), emotional and mental health (9), Specific learning difficulty (8), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll329315339336333335
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals31%31%35%35%36%33%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language37%31%25%23%24%22%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support17%14%12%9%15%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans2%2%2%2%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.7%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school13.5%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.32024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.6%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.3%4.8%5.2%6.4%3.6%4.1%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.7%3.3%3.6%4.5%2.1%2.5%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.6%1.6%1.6%2.0%1.4%1.6%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence13.5%13.3%13.4%21.0%10.7%10.0%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.30.00.30.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers14.3full-time equivalent, 17 people
Pupils per teacher21.1Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants12.5full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£48,088
Teachers who left in the year16%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher10.22024/25

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.

Spend per pupil£6,818England £7,128. Total £2.0m
Income per pupil£7,654England £7,587. Total £2.2m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,158England £3,405
Money in reserve18%A healthy amount put by: £394k, £1,350 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£244kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£6,818spent per pupil

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

Crimes within 500 m1,23412 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate97 per 1,000 people7% higher than the England average
Nearest bus stop100 mSherburn Street, 17 stops within 500 m

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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Craven Primary AcademyAcademy270 m193Outstanding 202292Compare
Buckingham Primary AcademyAcademy480 m229Good 201955Compare
Southcoates Primary AcademyAcademy0.6 miles322Good 202334Compare
Mersey Primary AcademyAcademy0.6 miles211Not inspected89Compare
Westcott Primary SchoolAcademy0.8 miles289Not inspected55Compare
Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy0.8 miles425Good 202352Compare
Woodland Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles191Good 202237Compare
Victoria Dock Primary SchoolAcademy1.1 miles314Good 202459Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Estcourt Primary Academy with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats94%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the very top of its group. Its score of 92 is 42 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 6 · middle 50 · highest 100100

No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 92 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 92% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 84 to 96. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.10
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 38 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%well above
+0.43
Ofsted grade, 1.6 years old
Progress pupils make20%well above
+0.23
DfE progress measure; 38 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well below
-0.11
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
-0.01
2024/25; 266 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.11
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 38 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Estcourt Primary Academy a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Estcourt Primary Academy scores 92 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 94% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 84 to 96, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Estcourt Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Estcourt Primary Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 28 January 2025.

How good are Estcourt Primary Academy's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 79% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 11% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Estcourt Primary Academy have?

329 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 330 places, so it is 100% full.

Is Estcourt Primary Academy oversubscribed?

Probably not. 30 places were empty in 2024/25 (10% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Estcourt Primary Academy?

Pupils were in school 94.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 14% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Estcourt Primary Academy?

The average class had 25.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Estcourt Street, Hull, HU9 2RP
Telephone
01482 761322
Website
www.estcourtprimary.org.uk
Head of Academy
Mrs Selina Midgley-Wright
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Delta Academies Trust (64 schools)
Local authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Ward
Southcoates
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull East
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 April 2014 (academy converter)
URN
140716 · LAESTAB 8102164 · UKPRN 10045681
Formerly
Estcourt Primary School

Where these figures come from