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Winifred Holtby Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,309Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 139629URN

Midmere Avenue, Leads Road, Bransholme, Hull, HU7 4PW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Kingston upon Hull, City of median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of

495 applications for 253 places · 7th of 12 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
34.2of 90
12th of 13 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Kingston upon Hull, City of median (2.0) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

495 applications · 253 places offered · 206 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.0; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.9; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.6; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.7; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.7; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.8; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.9; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.1; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.3; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.3; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.2; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.0; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262534952.02060.81
Sep 20252835692.02780.98
Sep 20242795211.92290.82
Sep 20232994741.62520.84
Sep 20222774561.72811.01
Sep 20212694461.72100.78
Sep 20202824931.82550.90
Sep 20192795281.92430.87
Sep 20182715602.12741.01
Sep 20172655982.33291.24
Sep 20162706212.33151.17
Sep 20152695872.23181.18
Sep 20142705322.02891.07

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

228 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)34.212th of 13 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
Grade 5 or above in English and maths22%12th of 13 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%
  • This school
  • Kingston upon Hull, City of median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.40
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22834.222%46%–
2024/2524136.429%51%–
2023/2424135.425%50%−1.40
2022/2326441.236%55%−0.86

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

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  • 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
139629 · 810/4001
Trust
The Consortium Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,350 pupils · 1,309 on roll
Free school meals
47.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 May 2013
Replaced
Winifred Holtby School Technology College (URN 118061)
Address
Midmere Avenue, Leads Road, Bransholme, Hull, HU7 4PW
Local authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of

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