Griffin Primary School

About Griffin Primary School

Griffin Primary School sits within the Kingston upon Hull, City of local authority, a mixed state primary for children aged 3 to 11. Among the 69 primary schools in the LA, it ranks 34th, placing it just inside the top half. The top-performing peers in the area are Bricknell Primary School, Collingwood Primary School, and Parkstone Primary School, all of which score higher on the ranking metric used. Griffin’s own ranking score of 67 puts it in the top 50 tier nationally, though it sits at the 49th percentile within its own LA. The school is led by headteacher Louise Pitts and has a capacity of 460 pupils, with 436 currently on roll. A notable 47.9 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average, which gives a clear sense of the community it serves.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2021, Griffin Primary School was rated Good overall, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2015. Every graded category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was judged Good. At Key Stage 2, 67 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, slightly above the LA average of 65 per cent. However, only 2 per cent achieved the higher standard in all three subjects. In individual subjects, 81 per cent met the expected standard in maths, 74 per cent in reading, and 72 per cent in writing. Average scaled scores were 104 in both reading and maths. Progress measures were not published for the 2023/24 results, so it is not possible to compare pupil progress against national benchmarks.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including an art studio, ICT suite, dining hall, outdoor playground, and a chapel. Sports provision covers tennis, swimming, gymnastics, rounders, dance, and netball, while clubs include drama, choir, and gardening. Griffin has a strong SEND offer, with provisions for dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 67 applications for 42 places, with 40 first-preference offers made. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Spring Cottage Primary School, 2.2 km away. Griffin is a good fit for families in Hull seeking a well-regarded local primary with strong SEND support and a clear upward trajectory in its Ofsted ratings.

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