Headlands School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 13 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
118085
Address
Sewerby Road, YO16 6UR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1047 (69% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
5.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.1%
Persistent absence
30.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.2%
Mixed 3.1%
Other White 2.9%
African 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.5
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.33
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award4
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE36
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
DanceGCSE4
English LanguageGCSE171
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Headlands School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
187
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
3
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
187
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
202
99
103
Year 8
198
106
92
Year 9
199
86
113
Year 10
195
113
82
Year 11
180
87
93
Year 12
57
33
24
Year 13
16
8
8
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
83.0%
85.5%
Further education
51.0%
34.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
11.0%
24.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
20.0%
22.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
9.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
6.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
51.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
12.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
4.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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