Wheeler Primary School, Hull

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Wheeler Primary School 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 generally progress well through the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders' work to improve attendance is having a positive impact."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Staff interact warmly and purposefully with children in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Wheeler Primary School is an inclusive school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the school's strengths and identify priority areas for improvement with honesty and accuracy."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school provides a coherent and thoughtfully-sequenced personal development programme."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that, in the early years, the work started to improve how activities help children to learn when in the outdoor area maximises every opportunity to develop children's knowledge and vocabulary"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers select learning activities that consistently help pupils to secure and apply their knowledge".

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Wheeler Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% 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 53% in reading and 47% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 44 families put Wheeler Primary School as their first choice and 91 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 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 Wheeler Primary School are St George's Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 76% reading, 72% maths); Francis Askew Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 76% reading, 82% maths); Paisley Primary School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 70% reading, 79% maths); and Lift Newington (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 75% reading, 78% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Wheeler Primary School.

Wheeler Primary School is one of 16 schools run by Hull Collaborative Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

43 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wheeler Primary School (as of April 2026): 81% would recommend the school, 84% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).

53.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (47%), other ethnic groups (11%) and Mixed (8%).

The nearest railway station is Hull Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is White Street, 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wheeler 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 498 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. 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, Wheeler Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Wheeler Primary School are The Boulevard Academy (0.5 miles) and Sirius Academy West (1.1 miles).