Clifton Primary School

About Clifton Primary School

Clifton Primary School in Hull holds an Ofsted Outstanding rating, a grade it has maintained since its most recent graded inspection in 2016, with a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2021 confirming the school remains Outstanding. The most telling academic metric for this primary school is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard score: 77% of pupils hit that benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That puts the school comfortably above the Kingston upon Hull local authority average of 65%, and ranks it 13th out of 69 primary schools in the area, placing it in the top 25% of schools locally. In the wider Yorkshire and the Humber region, it sits in the top 14% of schools, and nationally it ranks in the top 16%. For a school with a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals — 47.6% — these results are particularly strong.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the school’s performance is consistent across the core subjects. In reading, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard, with 31% achieving a higher standard. Maths saw the same 85% expected standard rate, with 33% reaching the higher threshold. Writing also saw 85% of pupils at the expected level, and 21% at the higher standard. The average scaled scores in reading and maths were both 107, which is above the national average of 100. The school’s overall ranking score of 77, based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in all three subjects, reflects this solid performance. Compared with its previous Ofsted inspection in 2011, when it was rated Good, the school has clearly improved its academic standing, with leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all now judged Outstanding.

The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 admissions, it received 59 applications for 32 places, with 31 of those offers going to first-preference families. It has a nursery provision for children from age three, and the main school caters for pupils up to age 11. Facilities include a sensory room, ICT suite, sports hall, playing fields, library, music rooms, and a chapel. The school offers a range of sports including cricket, rounders, cross country, football, tennis, and netball, plus clubs such as science club, coding, film club, and book club. For SEND, the school supports pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate and profound multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that delivers strong academic outcomes despite a high level of disadvantage, making it a particularly attractive option for families in Hull who want a proven track record of progress.

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