Withernsea High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 11 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Unique reference
118075
Address
Hull Road, HU19 2EQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
759 (60% of total capacity)
Boys
54.8%
Girls
45.2%
First language not English
1.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.9%
Persistent absence
36.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.5%
Mixed 2.5%
Unclassified 2.4%
Other White 1.1%
Other Asian 0.4%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.2
Local authority average 45.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.54
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award47
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award7
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Art & DesignGCSE33
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE163
English LiteratureGCSE161
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Withernsea High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
156
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
160
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
4
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
155
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
161
94
67
Year 8
145
74
71
Year 9
159
88
71
Year 10
126
62
64
Year 11
168
98
70
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
82.6%
85.6%
Further education
24.0%
33.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
5.0%
29.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
46.0%
19.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
6.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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