Howden School

Academy converter·Secondary school Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire·DN14 7AL
Composite score
57.8
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National rank
#136
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#8
In East Riding of Yorkshire
Top 47%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
62%
% EBacc grade 5+
24%
EBacc average points score
4.25

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
133 first choices, 141 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
177
any preference, for 141 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.9520230.9520240.9520250.942026

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

Every child who put Howden 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).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
678
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,953
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
93%
144 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Howden School

Howden School is a secondary school in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 678 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.2 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 5.0 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 62% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Howden School their first choice was offered one of its 141 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Howden 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.

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