Griffin Primary School
Barham Road, Hull, HU9 4JL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VENN ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Louise Pitts
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Venn Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 460
- Pupils on roll
- 435
- URN
- 144605
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01482794122
About this school
Griffin Primary School is a primary academy in Hull. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 435 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
- 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 | 57 | 58 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 67% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 74% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 81% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 79% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.60 | - | - |
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 Griffin 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 | 40% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 61.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 439 |
| 2023/24 | 437 |
| 2024/25 | 436 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Griffin Primary School compares
Griffin Primary School ranked 51st of 70 primary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 6.8% | 49.4% | 435 | — |
| Maybury Primary School | 80% | 5.2% | 49% | 232 | 0.5 miles |
| Mountbatten Primary School | 63% | 6.1% | 56.1% | 272 | 0.5 miles |
| Bellfield Primary School | 68% | 4.8% | 28.2% | 235 | 0.6 miles |
| Oldfleet Primary School | 35% | 5.8% | 55.2% | 304 | 0.7 miles |
| Thanet Primary School | 56% | 6.8% | 40% | 382 | 0.7 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
-
Graded inspection report3 February 2026
- 2 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.38%
- English as an additional language
- 6.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.75%
- Persistent absence
- 18.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Maybury Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hull
-
Mountbatten Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hull
-
Bellfield Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Hull
-
Oldfleet Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Hull
-
Thanet Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Hull
Other schools in Hull
Griffin Primary School ranks 55th 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 Griffin Primary School teach?
- Griffin Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Hull.
- Who is the headteacher of Griffin Primary School?
- The headteacher of Griffin Primary School is Miss Louise Pitts, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Griffin Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Griffin 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 Griffin Primary School?
- Griffin Primary School has 435 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Griffin Primary School full?
- Griffin Primary School has capacity for 460 pupils and 435 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Griffin Primary School a faith school?
- No. Griffin Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Griffin Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Griffin Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Griffin Primary School?
- Griffin Primary School is part of VENN ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Griffin Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Griffin Primary School rank locally?
- Griffin Primary School ranked 51st of 70 primary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Griffin Primary School's absence rate?
- Griffin Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Griffin Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Griffin 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 10 July 2026.