Wheeler Primary School
Wheeler Street, Hull, HU3 5QE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HULL COLLABORATIVE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Clarkson
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Hull Collaborative Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 319
- Pupils on roll
- 451
- URN
- 139579
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01482353125
About this school
Wheeler Primary School is a primary academy in Hull. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 451 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Expected standard
- 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 | 56 | 59 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 37% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 53% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 47% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 54% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.50 | - | - |
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 Wheeler 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 | Kingston upon Hull, City of average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 61.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 459 |
| 2023/24 | 451 |
| 2024/25 | 467 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wheeler Primary School compares
Wheeler Primary School ranked 59th of 70 primary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of 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 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 4.8% | 26.1% | 451 | — |
| St George's Primary School | 62% | 4.5% | 43.8% | 238 | 0.3 miles |
| Francis Askew Primary School | 71% | 7.1% | 50.9% | 370 | 0.4 miles |
| Paisley Primary School | 58% | 6.5% | 37% | 319 | 0.5 miles |
| Lift Newington | 71% | 5.6% | 36.7% | 394 | 0.5 miles |
| Eastfield Primary School | 73% | 5% | 16.5% | 608 | 0.6 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)
- 26.07%
- English as an additional language
- 55.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.75%
- Persistent absence
- 11.26%
Location
Nearby schools
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St George's Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Hull
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Francis Askew Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Hull
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Paisley Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hull
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Lift Newington0.5 miles
Primary · Hull
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Eastfield Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Hull
Other schools in Hull
Wheeler Primary School ranks 63rd of the 85 ranked primary schools in Hull.
- Acre Heads Primary School Primary
- Adelaide Primary School Primary
- Ainthorpe Primary School Primary
- Aldbrough Primary School Primary
- Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Anlaby Primary School Primary
- Appleton Primary School Primary
- Bellfield Primary School Primary
- Biggin Hill Primary School Primary
- Bilton Community Primary School Primary
- Bricknell Primary School Primary
- Broadacre Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wheeler Primary School teach?
- Wheeler Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Hull.
- Who is the headteacher of Wheeler Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wheeler Primary School is Mrs Louise Clarkson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wheeler Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wheeler 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 big is Wheeler Primary School?
- Wheeler Primary School has 451 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wheeler Primary School full?
- Wheeler Primary School has capacity for 319 pupils and 451 on roll (141%), so it is at or above 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 Wheeler Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wheeler Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wheeler Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wheeler Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Wheeler Primary School?
- Wheeler Primary School is part of HULL COLLABORATIVE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wheeler Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% 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 Wheeler Primary School rank locally?
- Wheeler Primary School ranked 59th of 70 primary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of 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 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wheeler Primary School's absence rate?
- Wheeler Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wheeler Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wheeler 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.