Paisley Primary School, Hull

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Paisley Primary School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years provision gives children a strong and secure start."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "The school provides a caring and deeply inclusive culture."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have taken the school on a highly positive and sustained improvement journey."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils benefit from a broad and thoughtfully designed personal development and wellbeing programme that reflects the needs of the school's community."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils' achievement shows a clear and sustained upward trajectory."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance is a clear priority for leaders."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a carefully sequenced curriculum that helps pupils build new knowledge securely."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further strengthen the consistency of teaching so that pupils' outcomes at the end of key stage 2 continue to improve"; "Leaders should continue to refine and target their attendance work so that attendance for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, continues to rise".

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils at Paisley Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 76% in Kingston upon Hull, City of; and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 56% in reading and 56% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Paisley Primary School as their first choice and 50 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 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 Paisley Primary School are St George's Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 76% reading, 72% maths); Wheeler Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 66% reading, 71% maths); Thoresby Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 79% reading, 76% maths); and Chiltern Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 63% reading, 65% maths).

Paisley Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Paisley Primary School is one of 10 schools run by The Constellation Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

36.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 43.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (48%), Black (15%) and other ethnic groups (6%).

The nearest railway station is Hull Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Acland Street, 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Paisley Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 730 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of (309), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Paisley Primary School issued 21 suspensions, 6.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.