St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy, Hull

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, generally achieve well at the school from their starting points."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Working in collaboration with outside agencies such as the attendance hub leaders have devised an effective attendance strategy."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have devised a well-planned and appropriate curriculum that is bespoke to the context of the school."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise the early years to ensure that children in Nursery and Reception get off to a positive start at school."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders quickly and effectively identify any pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, including those responsible for governance, understand the school's context, its strengths and areas for improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed an appropriate, coherent and responsive programme of personal development (PD)."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their work to embed the new reading and writing curriculums, and the highly intentional teaching model, to ensure that more pupils achieve combined reading, writing and mathematics at expected levels at the end of key stage 2"; "Leaders should continue their work to improve attendance with a particular focus on disadvantaged pupils"; "Leaders should continue to develop existing systems to ensure that they rigorously monitor the progress of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and consistently ensure any barriers to success are swiftly and effectively addressed in line with the support identified in SEND support plans".

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 70% 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 fell from 73% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy as their first choice and 46 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy are Stepney Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 32% reading, 52% maths); Pearson Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 56% reading, 75% maths); Sidmouth Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 63% reading, 65% maths); and St Nicholas Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 93% reading, 89% maths).

St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy is one of 15 schools run by St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

15.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 76.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (22%), Black (19%) and Mixed (10%).

St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy had 13 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

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 Victoria Avenue, 250 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy 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 711 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, St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy issued 3 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Vincent's Voluntary Catholic Academy are Hull Trinity House Academy (0.4 miles), Newland School for Girls (1 mile), St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy (1.1 miles) and Ron Dearing UTC (1.1 miles).