Preston Primary School

Preston Primary School is an inclusive, welcoming primary school where pupils feel safe and well supported. Inspectors found strong relationships between staff and pupils, calm and positive behaviour, and high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school has a broad and ambitious curriculum, a strong reading culture, and well-planned early years provision. Pupils benefit from a wide range of enrichment experiences, and leaders have established effective safeguarding arrangements and strong governance. The main areas for development are assessment and SEND adaptation. In a few subjects, teachers do not use assessment effectively enough to check pupils’ understanding or inform next steps, which leaves some gaps in pupils’ knowledge. In addition, tasks for pupils with SEND are not consistently adapted well, meaning some pupils become over reliant on adult support rather than learning the curriculum independently. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was carried out as a graded inspection under the current framework, so no overall effectiveness grade was given. The school was previously judged good at its 2019 inspection, and all key judgements in this inspection were good, with safeguarding found to be effective.

Strengths

• Inclusive and welcoming school with strong staff-pupil relationships
• Pupils feel safe and know their concerns will be taken seriously
• Calm and positive behaviour with pupils engaging well in lessons
• High expectations for all pupils, including pupils with SEND
• Broad, ambitious curriculum delivered by knowledgeable staff
• Strong reading culture with effective early reading support
• Well-planned early years provision that builds curiosity, collaboration and independence
• Robust SEND identification and strong relationships with external agencies
• Detailed personal development plans enriched by the No Outsiders programme
• Strong governance that provides effective support and challenge
• Wide range of enriching experiences, clubs and residentials

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, assessment is not used effectively to check pupils’ understanding and inform future learning
• Pupils have knowledge gaps that are not addressed consistently
• Tasks for pupils with SEND are not adapted consistently well
• Some pupils with SEND become over reliant on adult support

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 Preston Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% 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, 3.1% of pupils at Preston Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Preston Primary School had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.5% 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, 17.0% of pupils at Preston Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% 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 Preston Primary School received £8,213 and spent £9,437 for each of its 147 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £341,000 (-£2,320 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 Preston Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Preston Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Preston Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Preston Primary School have?

Preston Primary School has 147 pupils on roll.

What age range does Preston Primary School cover?

Preston Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Preston Primary School?

Preston Primary School is at Station Road, Preston, Hull, HU12 8UY.