Holderness Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire·HU12 8UZ
Composite score
53.9
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#2,046
National rank
#185
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#14
In East Riding of Yorkshire
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
62%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.77

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
161 first choices, 168 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
222
any preference, for 168 places
Applications from another council area
23%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.8420230.9220240.9420250.962026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Holderness Academy 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).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
990
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,969
Typical secondary: £7,815

“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.

In education, training or work
95%
202 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
79%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Location

Holderness Academy at a glance

Located in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Holderness Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 990 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 43.1, broadly in line with the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

38% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 62% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Holderness Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 161 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. Holderness Academy 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.

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