Cottingham High School and Sixth Form College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 9 2022 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
136921
Address
Harland Way, HU16 5PX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
921 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.3%
Persistent absence
25.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.1%
Mixed 4.8%
Other White 2.5%
Other 2.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
African 0.9%
Pakistani 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
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
-0.4
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.7
Local authority average 45.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.77
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE48
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE159
English LiteratureGCSE157
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE29
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Cottingham High School and Sixth Form College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
140
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
112
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
42
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
98
81
Year 8
177
83
94
Year 9
174
78
96
Year 10
151
73
78
Year 11
159
78
81
Year 12
34
18
16
Year 13
47
26
21
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
82.6%
85.6%
Further education
21.0%
33.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
33.0%
29.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
19.0%
19.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
13.0%
6.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
69.0%
55.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
15.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
6.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
1.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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