South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 20 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
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
136667
Address
East Dale Road, Melton, HU14 3HS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2106 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
4.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.3%
Persistent absence
22.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.5%
Mixed 4.5%
Other White 3.1%
Other 1.4%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%
Unclassified 0.4%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.8
Local authority average 45.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.61
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award24
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE11
Art & DesignGCSE46
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE87
Business Studies:SingleGCSE171
ChemistryGCSE87
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
340
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
341
2nd preference
111
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
335
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
348
176
172
Year 8
349
181
168
Year 9
317
160
157
Year 10
340
163
177
Year 11
374
190
184
Year 12
192
96
96
Year 13
186
98
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
82.6%
85.6%
Further education
17.0%
33.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
55.0%
29.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
18.0%
19.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
6.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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
71.0%
55.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
15.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
6.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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