Bricknell Primary School
Bricknell Avenue, Hull, HU5 4ET
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CONSTELLATION TRUST
- Head of School
- Mrs Hannah Stannard
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Constellation Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 656
- Pupils on roll
- 678
- URN
- 140235
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01482493208
About this school
Bricknell Primary School is a primary academy in Hull. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 678 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 92 | 90 | 86 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 90% | 87% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 19% | 24% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 93% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 94% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 93% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| 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 Bricknell 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 | 83% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 90% | 61.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 87% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 651 |
| 2023/24 | 655 |
| 2024/25 | 657 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bricknell Primary School compares
Bricknell Primary School ranked 3rd of 70 primary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 87% | 4.6% | 9.4% | 678 | — |
| Appleton Primary School | 67% | 7.2% | 34.4% | 209 | 0.6 miles |
| Priory Primary School | 69% | 4.7% | 26.6% | 408 | 0.8 miles |
| Sidmouth Primary School | 53% | 4.6% | 19.1% | 383 | 0.8 miles |
| Lift Hall Road | 80% | 5.9% | 48.5% | 289 | 0.8 miles |
| Thoresby Primary School | 65% | 4% | 20.4% | 545 | 0.8 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)
- 9.38%
- English as an additional language
- 12%
- Overall absence
- 4.58%
- Persistent absence
- 11.07%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Appleton Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Hull
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Priory Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Hull
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Sidmouth Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Hull
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Lift Hall Road0.8 miles
Primary · Hull
-
Thoresby Primary School0.8 miles
Primary
Other schools in Hull
Bricknell Primary School ranks 3rd 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
- Broadacre Primary School Primary
- Buckingham Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bricknell Primary School teach?
- Bricknell Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Hull.
- Who is the head of school of Bricknell Primary School?
- The head of school of Bricknell Primary School is Mrs Hannah Stannard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bricknell Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bricknell 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 Bricknell Primary School?
- Bricknell Primary School has 678 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Bricknell Primary School full?
- Bricknell Primary School has capacity for 656 pupils and 678 on roll (103%), 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 Bricknell Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bricknell Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bricknell Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bricknell Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Bricknell Primary School?
- Bricknell Primary School is part of THE CONSTELLATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Bricknell Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Bricknell Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bricknell Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 87% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bricknell Primary School rank locally?
- Bricknell Primary School ranked 3rd of 70 primary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bricknell Primary School's absence rate?
- Bricknell Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bricknell Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bricknell 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.