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Primary school in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire

Howden Junior School

Hailgate, Howden, Goole, DN14 7SL

School website 01430430385

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 2 December 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

56% England 63.1%

Reached the higher standard

0% England 8.3%

Average reading score

107 England 105.6

Average maths score

104 England 104.6

On the headline measure this school is in the lower half of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
229
Places
239
How full
Nearly full — 229 of 239 places taken
Girls / boys
116 / 113
Overall absence
4%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
8%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
18%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
5%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
13%

England 15%

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for East Riding of Yorkshire 037C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
32%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
16%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
71%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
3%

England 17%

Households with no car
15%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
37%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE
Headteacher
Acting Headteacher: Claire Isitt
Ward
Howden
Constituency
Goole and Pocklington
URN
149260

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistance
Howden Church of England Infant SchoolAcademy converter No grade 0 mi
Hook Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Requires improvement 2023 65% 2 mi
Airmyn Park Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 56% 2.4 mi
Parkside Primary SchoolCommunity school No grade 42% 2.4 mi
Kingsway Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 33% 2.7 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School GooleAcademy converter Good 2023 63% 2.7 mi
Eastrington Primary SchoolCommunity school No grade 56% 2.9 mi
Boothferry Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 52% 3.1 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded primary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedExpected standard
Sherington Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 84%
Good Shepherd RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Outstanding 2024 100%
Kilmorie Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 66%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and NurseryVoluntary aided school Good 2024 74%
Goodrich Community Primary SchoolCommunity school No grade 59%
Soho Parish CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2024 53%
Northbury Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 69%
Warren Junior SchoolCommunity school Outstanding 2024 79%

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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