Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School
Primary performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Every child who put Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
East Riding of Yorkshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)
Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School is an all-through school covering ages 3–19, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
School profile
- Age range
- 3–19
- Pupils on roll
- 1,856
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
What pupils do next
The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School
Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School is an all-through school in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,856 pupils aged 3 to 19 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 44.7, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 1% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 47 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.