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Wold Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Wold Road, Hull HU5 5QG · woldacademy.co.uk · 01482 353259
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2021
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kingston upon Hull, City of 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 387
- 61% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.2%
- First language not English
- 7.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 25 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 51 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Kingston upon Hull, City of it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Wold Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 May 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective - Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Jun 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 35
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (29%) with SEND