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Withernsea High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 734Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 118075URN

Hull Road, Withernsea, HU19 2EQ · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Withernsea High School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
close to East Riding of Yorkshire median (1.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire

155 applications for 133 places · 14th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.0of 90
17th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 29 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.2applications per place, Year 7
close to East Riding of Yorkshire median (1.3) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

155 applications · 133 places offered · 131 named it first

  1. 2026 1.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  2. 2025 1.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  3. 2024 1.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  4. 2023 1.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  5. 2022 1.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  6. 2021 1.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  7. 2020 1.1; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  8. 2019 1.1; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  9. 2018 1.3; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  10. 2017 1.1; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  11. 2016 1.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  12. 2015 1.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  13. 2014 1.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
More applications per place than the East Riding of Yorkshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • East Riding of Yorkshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261331551.21310.98
Sep 20251411661.21370.97
Sep 20241561871.21601.03
Sep 20231531821.21641.07
Sep 20221291481.21250.97
Sep 20211451791.21481.02
Sep 20201271431.11240.98
Sep 20191631831.11610.99
Sep 20181471841.31420.97
Sep 20171371501.11350.99
Sep 20161171411.21160.99
Sep 20151221451.21200.98
Sep 2014991191.2980.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

140 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.017th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths24%18th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths41%
  • This school
  • East Riding of Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.38
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14037.024%41%–
2024/2512338.924%46%–
2023/2416736.626%47%−0.38
2022/2314242.237%59%−0.05

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
118075 · 811/4054
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,286 pupils · 734 on roll
Free school meals
39.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Hull Road, Withernsea, HU19 2EQ
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources