Eastfield Primary School

Eastfield Primary School provides an exceptionally high-quality education and was judged outstanding in every key area: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Pupils attend regularly, embrace the school’s SMART values and are well prepared for their next steps. They achieve well, show excellent attitudes to learning and behave respectfully. The curriculum is highly ambitious and well sequenced, teachers have strong subject knowledge, and reading is a clear priority with effective phonics teaching. Pupils with SEND receive timely support, including through two specially resourced provisions, and the early years provision prepares children exceptionally well for later learning. The school’s personal development offer is strong, helping pupils become confident, resilient and independent, and staff apply the behaviour policy consistently and sensitively. Leaders at all levels foster a culture of continual reflection and improvement, governors are committed to the vision, and staff enjoy working at the school. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. No areas of concern were identified in the report. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since June 2015, having previously been exempt from routine inspection. The school is an academy converter within Hull Collaborative Academy Trust. Under the inspection framework used from September 2024, schools are not awarded an overall effectiveness grade.

Strengths

• Exceptionally high-quality education across the curriculum
• Outstanding quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision
• Pupils attend regularly and embrace the school’s SMART values
• Pupils achieve well and show excellent attitudes to learning
• Pupils are respectful, polite and take responsibility for their behaviour
• Highly ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum
• Strong teacher subject knowledge and engaging teaching
• Teachers check learning thoroughly and address misconceptions quickly
• High-quality feedback helps pupils improve their written work
• Reading is prioritised, with consistently well-taught phonics and strong catch-up support
• Pupils develop a love of reading and read widely for enjoyment
• Pupils with SEND receive timely support and work is adapted to help them succeed
• Two specially resourced SEND provisions provide bespoke teaching in a calm, nurturing environment
• Early years curriculum is exceptionally well focused on confidence, independence and oral communication
• Staff apply the behaviour policy consistently and sensitively
• High-quality personal development offer builds confidence, resilience and independence
• Pupils benefit from a rich set of experiences, including clubs, swimming and bikeability
• Leaders at all levels promote continual reflection and improvement
• Governors are committed to the school’s vision
• Staff enjoy working at the school and work collaboratively
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

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 Eastfield Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Eastfield 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 Eastfield Primary School had 25.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 13.5% of pupils at Eastfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 2024–25 Eastfield Primary School received £6,245 and spent £5,987 for each of its 624 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £216,000 (£346 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Hull Collaborative Academy Trust, income was £7,821 and spending £7,723 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Hull · Kingston upon Hull, City of local authority: places and applications

Eastfield Primary School is part of Hull Collaborative Academy Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Wheeler Primary School Hull
• Thoresby Primary School
• Collingwood Primary School Hull
• Pearson Primary School Hull
• Sutton Park Primary School Kingston-Upon-Hull
• Westcott Primary School Hull
• Dorchester Primary School Hull
• Bellfield Primary School Hull
• Stockwell Academy Hull
• Longhill Primary School Kingston-Upon-Hull

What is Eastfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Eastfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eastfield Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Eastfield Primary School have?

Eastfield Primary School has 608 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eastfield Primary School cover?

Eastfield Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eastfield Primary School?

Eastfield Primary School is at 791 Anlaby Road, Hull, HU4 6BB.