Hornsea School and Language College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 4 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Unique reference
118082
Address
Eastgate, HU18 1DW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1252 (78% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
1.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.6%
Persistent absence
26.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.6%
Mixed 2.9%
Other White 1.8%
Other Asian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.6
Local authority average 45.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.65
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award20
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award7
Ancient HistoryGCSE24
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE30
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE63
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hornsea School and Language College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
206
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
205
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
205
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes19.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
127
114
Year 8
221
103
118
Year 9
240
114
126
Year 10
210
108
102
Year 11
209
99
110
Year 12
66
36
30
Year 13
65
29
36
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
84.1%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
33.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
33.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
17.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
59.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
18.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
16.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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