East Park Primary School

Gillshill Primary School has demonstrated a good overall performance with outstanding behavior and attitudes, as well as leadership and management. This marks the school’s first inspection since becoming part of the Horizon Academy Trust, following a lengthy gap in routine inspections due to legislative exemptions. The school fosters a positive environment where respect and success are highly emphasized, and pupils actively engage in both academic and extracurricular activities, contributing to their overall enthusiasm for learning.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behavior and understand clear expectations.
• The curriculum is well-developed and meets the needs of pupils.
• Early years provision is well-organized, aiding communication and language skills.
• Strong leadership fosters professional development and teamwork.
• Pupils have numerous opportunities for leadership and personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Not all subjects consistently encourage the use of key vocabulary in lessons.
• Some adult interactions in early years occasionally miss opportunities to enhance learning.

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 East Park Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% 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 East Park 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 East Park Primary School had 25.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.9% 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, 10.5% of pupils at East Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 East Park Primary School received £5,876 and spent £6,395 for each of its 490 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £289,000 (-£591 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Horizon Academy Trust, income was £5,958 and spending £6,383 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

East Park Primary School is part of Horizon Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Spring Cottage Primary School Hull
• Biggin Hill Primary School Hull
• Cleeve Primary School Hull
• Thanet Primary School Hull
• Bilton Community Primary School Hull
• Hedon Primary School Hull
• Bay Primary School Bridlington
• Martongate Primary School Bridlington

What is East Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for East Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was East Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

East Park Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does East Park Primary School have?

East Park Primary School has 782 pupils on roll.

What age range does East Park Primary School cover?

East Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is East Park Primary School?

East Park Primary School is at Cavendish Road, Hull, HU8 0JU.