Huntington School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 29 2023 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
York
Unique reference
121673
Address
Huntington Road, Huntington, YO32 9WT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1476 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
7.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.2%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.5%
Other White 3%
Mixed 2.8%
Unclassified 1.8%
Chinese 1.6%
Other Asian 1.4%
African 1.2%
Other 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 74%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.6
Local authority average 49.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.51
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
Art & DesignGCSE1
AstronomyGCSE3
BiologyGCSE83
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE81
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Huntington School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
229
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
239
2nd preference
151
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
226
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes19.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
117
118
Year 8
234
119
115
Year 9
237
117
120
Year 10
237
130
107
Year 11
235
118
117
Year 12
152
68
84
Year 13
146
64
82
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
83.8%
85.6%
Further education
22.0%
39.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
60.0%
43.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
SP
0.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
1.5%
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
76.0%
55.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
39.0%
24.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
4.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.6%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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