Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School, Driffield

In its own words: "As a school family we feel that aspirational is something that everybody should be in and around school, and that believing in ourselves and in others to achieve those goals is highly important. Feeling success is the end product of any achievement, no matter how big or small, academic, behavioural or social."

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Hutton Cranswick CP School we promote positive values and aim to make each day enjoyable, rewarding and memorable. Hutton Cranswick CP School is a friendly school at the heart of our community. We currently have 182 pupils on roll and our numbers continue to rise."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, hockey, coding, Lego, STEM, gardening, eco club and book club.

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care.

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in East Riding of Yorkshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 85% in reading and 88% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 25 families put Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School as their first choice and 41 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School are Beswick and Watton CofE (VC) School (2.1 miles, Good); Driffield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School (3.1 miles, Good); Lockington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (3.5 miles, Good); and Driffield Junior School (3.6 miles, Good, 72% reading, 74% maths).

8.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 17 pupils (9.9%) received SEN support and 6 (3.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Hutton Cranswick, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hutton Cranswick Primary School (adjacent), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1 crime within a mile of the school, most often burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in East Riding of Yorkshire (31).

In 2024/25, Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 5.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.