St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy

St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy is performing at the expected standard overall, with all key areas of its work—achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development—judged as meeting expectations. Safeguarding standards are met. The school serves a diverse community with a high proportion of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and English as an additional language (EAL), and many pupils join after Year 1. Despite these challenges, pupils generally achieve well from their starting points, behave well, and benefit from a well-planned, language-rich curriculum. Early years provision is a notable strength, with children making good progress from typically low starting points. Leadership is effective, with a clear understanding of the school's context and strong collaboration with the St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust. Recent adaptations to the reading and writing curriculum and the introduction of a 'highly intentional teaching' model are beginning to have a positive impact. However, published outcomes at the end of key stage 2 do not always reflect pupils' achievement, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, whose performance gaps remain significant. Attendance is improving overall but disadvantaged pupils' attendance is not improving at the same rate. There are also some inconsistencies in how well SEND support in lessons matches the support identified in pupil support plans. The school has clear next steps to embed recent curriculum changes and further support disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.

Strengths

• Inclusive and welcoming culture where pupils feel safe and respected
• Pupils behave well and demonstrate kindness and respect
• Effective early years provision with good progress from low starting points
• Well-planned, vocabulary-rich curriculum focused on foundational skills
• Strong leadership and governance with clear understanding of school context
• Effective use of pupil premium funding and support for disadvantaged pupils
• Good personal development programme with rich enrichment opportunities
• Pupils with SEND are well supported to access the curriculum
• Effective attendance strategy leading to improving overall attendance

Areas for Improvement

• Published outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics combined are below national average
• Disadvantaged pupils' achievement gaps are wide and persistent
• Disadvantaged pupils' attendance is not improving in line with overall attendance
• SEND support in lessons does not always closely match the support identified in pupil support plans
• Need to continue embedding the new reading and writing curriculums and the highly intentional teaching model to improve combined outcomes
• Need to rigorously monitor progress of pupils with SEND and ensure barriers are swiftly and effectively addressed

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 St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.5% 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, 0.9% of pupils at St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy 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 St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy had 19.1 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, 16.2% of pupils at St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy received £7,331 and spent £7,292 for each of its 223 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £77,000 (£346 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of St Cuthbert'S Roman Catholic Academy Trust, income was £8,000 and spending £7,769 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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St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy is part of St Cuthbert'S Roman Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Endsleigh Holy Child VC Academy Hull
• St Charles Voluntary Catholic Academy Hull
• St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy Hull
• St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC Academy Hull
• St Anthony's Voluntary Catholic Academy Hull
• St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy Hull
• St Richard's VC Academy Hull
• St John of Beverley Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Beverley
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy York
• St Mary & St Joseph Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Pocklington

What is St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy have?

St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy has 222 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy cover?

St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy?

St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy is at Queens Road, Hull, HU5 2QR.