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Cottingham High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 826Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 136921URN

Harland Way, Cottingham, HU16 5PX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.3 above East Riding of Yorkshire median (1.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire

225 applications for 136 places · 4th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.6of 90
15th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 24 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 9 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.3 above East Riding of Yorkshire median (1.3) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

225 applications · 136 places offered · 121 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  2. 2025 1.7; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  3. 2024 1.7; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  4. 2023 2.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  5. 2022 2.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  6. 2021 2.1; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  7. 2020 1.8; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  8. 2019 2.1; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  9. 2018 2.0; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  10. 2017 2.0; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.3
  11. 2016 2.0; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  12. 2015 2.0; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
  13. 2014 2.2; East Riding of Yorkshire median median 1.4
More applications per place than the East Riding of Yorkshire median in 13 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 20261362251.71210.89
Sep 20251502471.71360.91
Sep 20241652771.71400.85
Sep 20231783992.21700.96
Sep 20221723702.21650.96
Sep 20211713592.11370.80
Sep 20201783271.81450.81
Sep 20191723572.11500.87
Sep 20181773482.01460.82
Sep 20171412762.01080.77
Sep 20161743412.01140.66
Sep 20152034012.01550.76
Sep 20141493302.21200.81

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

161 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.615th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths30%16th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths52%
  • This school
  • East Riding of Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.09
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16138.630%52%–
2024/2514745.242%69%–
2023/2415947.442%61%+0.09
2022/2317045.740%68%−0.40

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136921 · 811/4058
Trust
The Consortium Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,411 pupils · 826 on roll
Free school meals
21.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Cottingham High School (URN 118079)
Address
Harland Way, Cottingham, HU16 5PX
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire

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