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
38.2%
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 %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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
Art & DesignGCSE30
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE181
English LiteratureGCSE173
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE39
FrenchGCSE24
Year 2023-2024

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
85.0%
82.6%
85.6%
Further education
46.0%
33.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
33.0%
29.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
19.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
55.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
15.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
6.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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