Hilderthorpe Primary School
Shaftesbury Road, Bridlington, YO15 3PP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Hall
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 509
- Pupils on roll
- 322
- URN
- 135700
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01262672475
About this school
Hilderthorpe Primary School is a community primary school in Bridlington. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 322 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hilderthorpe Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 50 | 56 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 63% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 75% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 71% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 63% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
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 Hilderthorpe 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 | East Riding of Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56% | 57.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 58.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 388 |
| 2023/24 | 369 |
| 2024/25 | 331 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hilderthorpe Primary School compares
Hilderthorpe Primary School ranked 57th of 106 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 7.1% | 52.4% | 322 | — |
| Our Lady and St Peter Catholic Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy | 35% | 4.4% | 29.3% | 197 | 0.2 miles |
| Quay Academy | 76% | 6.5% | 56.1% | 295 | 0.8 miles |
| Bay Primary School | — | — | — | 397 | 1.3 miles |
| New Pasture Lane Primary School | 56% | 9.5% | 60.7% | 224 | 1.4 miles |
| Burlington Junior School | 49% | 6.5% | 51.7% | 282 | 1.4 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52.43%
- English as an additional language
- 4.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.08%
- Persistent absence
- 22.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady and St Peter Catholic Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Quay Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Bay Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
New Pasture Lane Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Bridlington
-
Burlington Junior School1.4 miles
Primary · Bridlington
Other schools in Bridlington
Hilderthorpe Primary School ranks 4th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Bridlington.
- Bay Primary School Primary
- Bempton Primary School Primary
- Boynton Primary School Primary
- Burlington Infant School Primary
- Burlington Junior School Primary
- Flamborough CofE (VC) Primary School Primary
- Martongate Primary School Primary
- New Pasture Lane Primary School Primary
- Our Lady and St Peter Catholic Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Quay Academy Primary
- Bridlington Nursery School Nursery
- Bridlington School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Hilderthorpe Primary School teach?
- Hilderthorpe Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bridlington.
- Who is the headteacher of Hilderthorpe Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hilderthorpe Primary School is Mrs Sarah Hall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hilderthorpe Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hilderthorpe Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Hilderthorpe Primary School?
- Hilderthorpe Primary School has 322 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Hilderthorpe Primary School full?
- Hilderthorpe Primary School has capacity for 509 pupils and 322 on roll (63%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Hilderthorpe Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hilderthorpe Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hilderthorpe Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hilderthorpe Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Hilderthorpe Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hilderthorpe Primary School compare with other schools in East Riding of Yorkshire?
- Hilderthorpe Primary School ranked 57th of 106 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hilderthorpe Primary School's absence rate?
- Hilderthorpe Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hilderthorpe Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hilderthorpe 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 1 July 2026.