Holderness Academy and Sixth Form College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 2 2023 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
145722
Address
Station Road, Preston, HU12 8UZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1013 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
1.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.9%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95.3%
Mixed 2.1%
Other White 1.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43
Local authority average 45.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.82
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award108
Health StudiesTechnical Award29
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE63
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE200
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Holderness Academy and Sixth Form College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
195
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
46
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
180
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
22
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
226
114
112
Year 8
202
108
94
Year 9
207
93
114
Year 10
171
73
98
Year 11
154
71
83
Year 12
30
7
23
Year 13
23
13
10
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
84.1%
86.5%
Further education
15.0%
33.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
33.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
24.0%
17.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
78.0%
59.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
18.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
16.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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