Dunswell Primary School

Dunswell Primary School is performing well overall, rated 'Good' in various areas including the quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils are happy, feel safe, and demonstrate a strong community spirit, with low incidences of bullying. Leaders have high expectations for pupils, particularly in English and mathematics, and have managed to address the challenges posed by the pandemic effectively.

Strengths

• Strong focus on developing pupils' reading skills from an early age.
• Positive and supportive school environment fostering pupils' well-being.
• Effective leadership and management support staff and students.
• Pupils show respectful and tolerant attitudes towards others.
• Strong special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) support.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning in some foundation subjects lacks specific knowledge requirements.
• Quality of learning in the wider curriculum needs more rigorous monitoring.

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 Dunswell Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% 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 Dunswell 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 Dunswell Primary School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 10.1% of pupils at Dunswell Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% 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 Dunswell Primary School received £8,295 and spent £7,795 for each of its 89 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £93,000 (£1,043 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Edukos Trust, income was £6,760 and spending £6,683 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 · East Riding of Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

Dunswell Primary School is part of Edukos Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Beverley St Nicholas Primary School Beverley
• Swanland Primary School North Ferriby
• Hook Church of England Primary School Goole
• Airmyn Park Primary School Goole

What is Dunswell Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dunswell Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Dunswell Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dunswell Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Dunswell Primary School have?

Dunswell Primary School has 89 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dunswell Primary School cover?

Dunswell Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dunswell Primary School?

Dunswell Primary School is at Beverley Road, Dunswell, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU6 0AD.