Hummersea Primary School

Hummersea Primary School is a happy, caring and inclusive community primary school where pupils feel safe and enjoy learning. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first graded inspection under the current framework, so no overall effectiveness grade was given; the school was judged Good in all key areas, having previously been Outstanding. The headteacher joined in January 2024, and leaders, staff and governors have a clear understanding of priorities and are continuing to develop the curriculum. The school has notable strengths in early reading and phonics, with well-developed teaching, careful checks and extra support for pupils at risk of falling behind. Pupils achieve well, behaviour is good, safeguarding is effective, and pupils with SEND are identified early and achieve well. Personal development is broad, and pupils benefit from a wide range of opportunities, including clubs, well-being roles and community and careers activities. Most parents are positive about the school. Two main areas for improvement remain. In a small number of subjects, curriculum implementation is less effective than in others, so pupils do not learn important knowledge in sufficient depth. The school’s attendance strategies are also not reaching some pupils who continue to have low attendance, including persistent absence.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe and value the caring, inclusive school community.
• Strong early reading and phonics teaching helps pupils read fluently and with confidence.
• Reading is promoted well through events such as reading cafés and a redeveloped library.
• The curriculum is ambitious and carefully sequenced in most subjects.
• Pupils produce high-quality work in subjects such as geography and science.
• Mathematics teaching helps pupils secure important facts such as times tables.
• Teachers check work regularly and address misconceptions quickly.
• Pupils with SEND are identified early and achieve well alongside their peers.
• Staff have high expectations and pupils behave well in lessons and around school.
• Personal development is broad, with strong well-being, values and community opportunities.
• Leaders understand priorities and staff value how workload is considered.
• Governance has been strengthened and governors know the school’s priorities.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, curriculum implementation is less effective and pupils do not learn important knowledge in sufficient depth.
• Attendance strategies are not reaching some pupils with low attendance, including persistent absence.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hummersea Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at Hummersea Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hummersea Primary School had 13.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.9% of pupils at Hummersea Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Hummersea Primary School received £8,769 and spent £8,484 for each of its 251 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £203,000 (£812 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Hummersea Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hummersea Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Hummersea Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hummersea Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Hummersea Primary School have?

Hummersea Primary School has 261 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hummersea Primary School cover?

Hummersea Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Hummersea Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hummersea Primary School?

Hummersea Primary School is at Westfield Way, Loftus, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, TS13 4XD.