Hunnyhill Primary School
Forest Road, Newport, PO30 5SH
This school is closed (it closed in September 2025).
It was replaced by Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Steedman
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 452
- Pupils on roll
- 411
- URN
- 118167
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
About this school
Hunnyhill Primary School was a community primary school in Newport. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 411 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hunnyhill Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 56 | 56 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 38% | 35% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 66% | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 39% | 45% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 59% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 99.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hunnyhill Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Isle of Wight average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 51.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 35% | 49.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 409 |
| 2023/24 | 405 |
| 2024/25 | 411 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hunnyhill Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35% | 6.1% | 20.8% | 411 | — |
| Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy | — | — | — | 406 | 0.0 miles |
| Newport Church of England Aided Primary School | 59% | 4.4% | 20.3% | 300 | 0.6 miles |
| Nine Acres Primary School | 67% | 4.8% | 27.5% | 419 | 0.9 miles |
| Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School | 69% | 5.7% | 27% | 351 | 1.0 miles |
| Barton Primary School | 42% | 6.4% | 39.7% | 239 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.84%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.09%
- Persistent absence
- 15.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Newport
-
Newport Church of England Aided Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Newport
-
Nine Acres Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Newport
-
Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Newport
-
Barton Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Newport
Other schools in Newport
- Arreton St George's Church of England (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Barton Primary School Primary
- Brighstone Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy Primary
- Newport Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Nine Acres Primary School Primary
- Shalfleet Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary
- Summerfields Primary School Primary
- Carisbrooke College Secondary
- Christ The King College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hunnyhill Primary School teach?
- Hunnyhill Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Newport.
- Has Hunnyhill Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hunnyhill Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Hunnyhill Primary School?
- Hunnyhill Primary School had 411 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Hunnyhill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 35% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hunnyhill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hunnyhill Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 September 2025.