Thorpepark Academy

Thorpepark Academy is performing well overall, with strong leadership and a commitment to the personal development of its pupils. The school emphasizes the well-being of its students and has built an inclusive environment that promotes empathy and understanding. Pupils are well-prepared for their future educational journeys, achieving secure knowledge in key subjects such as English and mathematics by the end of key stage 2. The school is located in a deprived area, making its accomplishments particularly noteworthy.

Strengths

• Exceptional personal development opportunities for pupils.
• Strong emphasis on pupil well-being and community involvement.
• Effective teaching of reading and a wide range of high-quality literature.
• Inclusive ethos that supports pupils with special educational needs.
• Well-planned extracurricular activities that broaden pupils' experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in phonics instruction for lower-attaining pupils.
• Curriculum planning lacks coherence and depth in some subjects.

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 Thorpepark Academy attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.7% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Thorpepark 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 Thorpepark Academy had 25.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.8% 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, 20.8% of pupils at Thorpepark Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 24 pupils.

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 Thorpepark Academy received £7,819 and spent £8,767 for each of its 499 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £884,000 (£1,772 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Venn Academy Trust, income was £11,101 and spending £11,467 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

Thorpepark Academy is part of Venn Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Bridgeview Special School Kingston-Upon-Hull
• Griffin Primary School Hull
• Mountbatten Primary School Hull
• Marshland Primary Academy Doncaster
• Brooke Primary Academy Doncaster
• Brompton Hall School Scarborough
• Adwick Primary School Doncaster
• New Pastures Primary School Mexborough
• Milton School Mexborough
• Newman School Rotherham

What is Thorpepark Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thorpepark Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Thorpepark Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Thorpepark Academy was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Thorpepark Academy have?

Thorpepark Academy has 638 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thorpepark Academy cover?

Thorpepark Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Thorpepark Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Thorpepark Academy?

Thorpepark Academy is at Laxthorpe, Orchard Park Estate, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU6 9EG.