Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry276 applications · 244 places offered · 122 named it first
- 2026 1.1; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
- 2025 1.4; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
- 2024 1.3; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
- 2023 1.1; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.5
- 2022 1.1; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.6
- 2021 1.2; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
- 2019 1.4; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
- 2018 1.1; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
- 2017 1.1; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.9
- 2016 1.0; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
- 2015 0.7; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
- 2014 1.3; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.7
- This school
- Kingston upon Hull, City of 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 244 | 276 | 1.1 | 122 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2025 | 213 | 300 | 1.4 | 119 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2024 | 233 | 299 | 1.3 | 155 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2023 | 279 | 313 | 1.1 | 181 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2022 | 262 | 276 | 1.1 | 174 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2021 | 242 | 294 | 1.2 | 164 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2020 | 248 | 307 | 1.2 | 174 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2019 | 246 | 340 | 1.4 | 199 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 246 | 269 | 1.1 | 147 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2017 | 248 | 283 | 1.1 | 160 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2016 | 249 | 245 | 1.0 | 110 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2015 | 249 | 176 | 0.7 | 93 | 0.37 |
| Sep 2014 | 197 | 248 | 1.3 | 125 | 0.63 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 219 | 43.1 | 51% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 236 | 37.8 | 34% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 244 | 36.6 | 26% | 47% | −1.01 |
| 2022/23 | 243 | 37.4 | 34% | 52% | −0.75 |
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
- Sirius Academy NorthThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Kingston upon Hull, City ofOutstanding20233.2applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Kingston upon Hull, City of20262.3applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Kingston upon Hull, City ofGood20242.5applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Kingston upon Hull, City ofGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 57.1Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Kingston upon Hull, City ofGood20232.0applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Kingston upon Hull, City ofGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · East Riding of Yorkshire20261.7applications per place 38.6Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Kingston upon Hull, City ofStandards maintained202553.0Attainment 8
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138246 · 810/4007
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,310 pupils · 1,095 on roll
- Free school meals
- 53.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Sir Henry Cooper School (URN 118105)
- Address
- 540 Hall Road, Hull, HU6 9BP
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources