Kelvin Hall School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 23 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Unique reference
143221
Address
Bricknell Avenue, HU5 4QH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1617 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
9.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.1%
Persistent absence
26.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.4%
Mixed 5.3%
Other White 4.5%
Other 2.5%
African 1.7%
Other Asian 1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Unclassified 0.8%
Chinese 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42
Local authority average 40.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 3.52
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award44
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award17
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award24
Health StudiesTechnical Award32
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
TourismTechnical Award67
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE45
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Kelvin Hall School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
324
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
310
2nd preference
279
3rd preference
174
From another Local Authority
52
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
283
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
21
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
328
178
150
Year 8
327
166
161
Year 9
331
196
135
Year 10
314
156
158
Year 11
317
170
147
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
74.6%
85.5%
Further education
25.0%
23.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
6.0%
17.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
43.0%
33.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
7.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
11.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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