Hunsley Primary

Hunsley Primary continues to be an effective school with a strong focus on nurturing a positive learning environment. The school boasts high attendance rates and pupils display sociable and friendly behavior, indicating a supportive community atmosphere. The curriculum is well-designed to ensure that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), receive an ambitious education that builds on their previous learning. Parents have expressed appreciation for the care and support their children receive, highlighting the school's commitment to student well-being and high standards in learning and behavior.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupils’ learning and behavior.
• Ambitious curriculum that is well-planned across all years.
• Strong relationships between adults and pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Engaging phonics and early reading instruction.
• Wide range of extra-curricular activities available to pupils.
• Strong community engagement and development initiatives.

Areas for Improvement

• Less developed strategies for checking pupils' knowledge in the wider curriculum.
• Insufficient clarity in teaching fundamental British values.

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 Hunsley Primary attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.7% 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 Hunsley Primary 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 Hunsley Primary had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% 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, 16.6% of pupils at Hunsley Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 Hunsley Primary received £6,673 and spent £6,473 for each of its 201 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £300,000 (£1,495 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of The Education Alliance, income was £7,594 and spending £7,673 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 Brough · East Riding of Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

Hunsley Primary is part of The Education Alliance, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College North Ferriby
• North Cave Church of England Primary School Brough
• Beverley Minster CE Primary School Beverley
• Malet Lambert Hull
• Howden Junior School Goole
• Howden Church of England Infant School Howden
• The Snaith School Goole
• Driffield School and Sixth Form Driffield
• Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School York
• Naburn Church of England Primary School York

What is Hunsley Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hunsley Primary is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Hunsley Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Hunsley Primary was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Hunsley Primary have?

Hunsley Primary has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hunsley Primary cover?

Hunsley Primary for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hunsley Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hunsley Primary?

Hunsley Primary is at Bluebird Way, Brough, HU15 1XB.