Croxby Primary School

Croxby Primary School is a caring, inclusive school that inspectors found to be performing strongly overall. Pupils build secure foundations in reading, writing and mathematics from the early years, and they make excellent progress from their starting points, including pupils with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and those who join mid-year. Attendance is consistently above national averages, persistent absence is lower than national, and behaviour is calm, respectful and purposeful. Teaching, the curriculum, early years provision, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing are all strong, with safeguarding standards met. The school is part of The Consortium Academy Trust and runs a resourced provision for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs. A significant number of pupils join mid-year with complex needs, which contributes to some fluctuation in national test outcomes over time; disadvantaged pupils' outcomes are broadly close to average but gaps remain, particularly in writing and mathematics. The inspection also took place during a headteacher transition, with the outgoing and incoming headteachers both involved. Leaders' next step is to further sharpen the precision of intervention for vulnerable groups so remaining gaps close rapidly and strong achievement is sustained. There are no areas requiring urgent improvement, and the school is well placed to continue developing.

Strengths

• Pupils build strong foundations in reading, writing and mathematics from the early years onwards.
• Pupils, including those with SEND and mid-year joiners, make excellent progress from their starting points.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious and well planned, with knowledge built in small, sensible steps.
• Teaching is consistently strong, with well-trained staff and secure subject knowledge.
• Early years provision is purposeful and builds language, phonics and numeracy incrementally.
• Inclusion is a notable strength, with early identification of needs and effective adaptations.
• Disadvantaged pupils are supported well, and additional funding is used effectively to remove barriers.
• Attendance is consistently above national averages, and persistent absence is lower than national.
• Behaviour is calm, respectful and purposeful, and bullying is rare and dealt with quickly.
• Leadership and governance are clear, strategic and well connected, with strong trust support.
• Staff feel valued and supported, with manageable workload and strong professional development.
• Personal development and wellbeing are embedded through the 'Set for Success' curriculum and wide enrichment.
• Pastoral care is a strength, helping pupils feel safe, listened to and supported.

Areas for Improvement

• Precision of intervention for vulnerable groups could be strengthened so remaining gaps close rapidly.
• Disadvantaged pupils' combined, writing and mathematics attainment gaps remain notable, although outcomes are broadly close to average.

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 Croxby Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.7% 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, 2.5% of pupils at Croxby 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 Croxby Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.7% 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 Croxby Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 7 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 Croxby Primary School received £6,836 and spent £6,277 for each of its 352 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £575,000 (£1,633 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Consortium Academy Trust, income was £7,965 and spending £8,016 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

Croxby Primary School is part of The Consortium Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Cottingham High School Cottingham
• Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College Hull
• Winifred Holtby Academy Hull
• Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School Hessle
• Oakfield School Hull
• Holderness Academy Hull
• Keyingham Primary School Kingston-Upon-Hull
• Howden School Goole

What is Croxby Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Croxby Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Croxby Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Croxby Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Croxby Primary School have?

Croxby Primary School has 367 pupils on roll.

What age range does Croxby Primary School cover?

Croxby Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Croxby Primary School?

Croxby Primary School is at Bricknell Avenue, Hull, HU5 4TN.