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Kelvin Hall School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,593Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 143221URN

Bricknell Avenue, Hull, HU5 4QH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.5 above Kingston upon Hull, City of median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of

772 applications for 308 places · 2nd of 12 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.9of 90
6th of 13 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 January 2024Ofsted'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
2.5applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Kingston upon Hull, City of median (2.0) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

772 applications · 308 places offered · 346 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.4; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.6; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.6; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.5
  5. 2022 2.5; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.5; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.5; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.6; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
  9. 2018 3.0; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  10. 2017 3.0; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.9; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.7; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Kingston upon Hull, City of median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Kingston upon Hull, City of median

Dashed bars: as Kelvin Hall School (URN 118103), the previous school.

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 20263087722.53461.12
Sep 20253247632.43100.96
Sep 20243117952.63561.14
Sep 20233188392.63831.20
Sep 20223178052.53851.21
Sep 20213197972.54141.30
Sep 20203328372.53911.18
Sep 20193178082.63911.23
Sep 20182617853.03931.51
Sep 20172728123.03891.43
Sep 2016 *2707902.93731.38
Sep 2015 *2717132.63411.26
Sep 2014 *2697262.73601.34

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

304 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.96th of 13 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%7th of 13 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%
  • This school
  • Kingston upon Hull, City of median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.40
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)30446.944%61%–
2024/2531342.238%63%–
2023/2428946.045%65%−0.40
2022/2327246.846%66%−0.28

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
143221 · 810/4113
Trust
Thrive Co-Operative Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,615 pupils · 1,593 on roll
Free school meals
35.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2016
Replaced
Kelvin Hall School (URN 118103)
Address
Bricknell Avenue, Hull, HU5 4QH
Local authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of

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