School Chooser

Sutton Park Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy291 pupilsNurseryKingston-upon-HullKingston upon Hull, City of
School Chooser Score
84
Above
similar schools
Likely range 71 to 91
Out of 100. Better than 88% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, June 2024
Reached the expected level at 1176%England 63%
Attendance95.7%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families24%About the same as most schools in England
Places59 spare291 pupils, 350 places
Pupils per teacher18.5School workforce census

Sutton Park Primary School is a converter academy in Kingston-upon-Hull for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 291 pupils and room for 350. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 84 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 88% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.

Marsdale, Sutton Park, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU7 4AH01482 825502suttonparkprimary.org.ukMrs Elizabeth Lee headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 28 June 2024 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.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

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

Reached the expected level at 1176%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level24%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score110.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score108.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 59%59%20172018: 57%57%20182019: 78%78%20192023: 68%68%20232024: 61%61%20242025: 76%76%2025
Since 2017: +17%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017Kingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Pupils tested514660465156
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths76%61%68%78%57%59%67%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths24%2%10%15%14%7%9%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score110.0106.0107.0106.0103.0103.0105.3105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score108.0104.0105.0106.0106.0104.0104.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score110.0105.0106.0106.0105.0104.0104.7105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard88%83%83%91%63%66%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard88%76%80%87%88%79%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)80%72%80%87%86%86%
Reading progressReading progress score+2.1+3.1+0.2-1.8
Maths progressMaths progress score+0.9+1.8+2.9+0.4
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged62%39%33%69%42%74%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged82%75%77%83%66%48%

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 3 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
62%82%
Gap 20 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
79%74%
Gap 5 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
15%24%
Gap 9 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.

Plenty of spare places291 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
69% full

129 places were empty (31% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 17% 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 roll291Census January 2026
Places35083% full
Pupils from low-income families23%24% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English7%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support9%27 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan6%16 pupils with a plan
Average class size24.312 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils17%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)23%£97,650 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls159 / 132
White British pupils90%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 24.7 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 24.3 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (27), Physical disability (4), emotional and mental health (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Specific learning difficulty (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll291314318348364399
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals23%23%24%22%23%22%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language7%6%6%6%5%4%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support9%11%10%10%15%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans5%4%1%3%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.7%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school6.6%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.4%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.3%5.1%5.3%6.1%3.3%4.6%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence2.9%3.6%4.2%4.9%2.7%3.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.4%1.5%1.2%1.2%0.7%1.5%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence6.6%13.5%14.6%21.6%5.9%10.3%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

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

Teachers15.6full-time equivalent, 19 people
Pupils per teacher18.5Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers95%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants14.3full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£51,409
Teachers who left in the year15%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher3.52024/25

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£6,369England £7,128. Total £2.0m
Income per pupil£6,720England £7,587. Total £2.1m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,570England £3,405
Money in reserve5%Not much put by: £109k, £346 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£110kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£6,369spent 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 m31212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate71 per 1,000 people22% lower than the England average
Nearest bus stop290 mBisley Grove, 15 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
St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC AcademyAcademy480 m338Good 202243Compare
St Andrew's Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy620 mRequires improvement 2024Compare
Bude Park Primary SchoolAcademy0.7 miles206Good 202480Compare
Dorchester Primary SchoolAcademy0.7 miles280Report card 202632Compare
Parkstone Primary SchoolAcademy0.8 miles308Good 202285Compare
Cleeve Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles347Report card 20266Compare
St James' Church of England AcademyAcademy0.9 miles197Good 202339Compare
Biggin Hill Primary SchoolAcademy1.0 miles616No overall grade 202575Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Sutton Park Primary School 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.

Beats88%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the top quarter of its group. Its score of 84 is 45 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 2 · middle 38 · highest 88100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 84 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 84% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 71 to 91. 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
+0.11
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 51 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 2.2 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
+0.05
DfE progress measure; 51 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well above
+0.14
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.07
2024/25; 257 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.11
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 51 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 Sutton Park Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Sutton Park Primary School scores 84 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 88% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 71 to 91, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is Sutton Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Sutton Park Primary School good at its last full inspection on 28 June 2024.

How good are Sutton Park Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 76% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 24% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Sutton Park Primary School have?

291 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 350 places, so it is 83% full.

Is Sutton Park Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 129 places were empty in 2024/25 (31% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Sutton Park Primary School?

Pupils were in school 95.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 7% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Sutton Park Primary School?

The average class had 24.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 17% of classes 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
Marsdale, Sutton Park, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU7 4AH
Telephone
01482 825502
Website
suttonparkprimary.org.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Elizabeth Lee
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Hull Collaborative Academy Trust (16 schools)
Local authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Ward
West Carr
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 April 2013 (academy converter)
URN
139513 · LAESTAB 8102825 · UKPRN 10040731
Formerly
Sutton Park Primary School

Where these figures come from