Headlands School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 14 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
1033 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
4.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
33%
Persistent absence
32.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.9%
Other White 2.8%
Mixed 2.3%
Indian 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
African 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.46
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41
Local authority average 45.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.48
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Art & DesignGCSE44
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE160
English LiteratureGCSE161
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Headlands School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
200
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
7
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
192
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 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
110
90
Year 8
207
89
118
Year 9
189
101
88
Year 10
193
93
100
Year 11
187
100
87
Year 12
17
8
9
Year 13
40
15
25
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
84.1%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
33.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
33.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
17.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
74.0%
59.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
18.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
29.0%
16.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
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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