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St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 2,485Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 144104URN

Cranbrook Avenue, Hull, HU6 7TN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
1.2 above Kingston upon Hull, City of median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of

1,087 applications for 341 places · 1st of 12 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
54.8of 90
2nd of 13 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 24 October 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
3.2applications per place, Year 7
1.2 above Kingston upon Hull, City of median (2.0) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

1,087 applications · 341 places offered · 516 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.2; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  2. 2025 3.3; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  3. 2024 3.1; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.9; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.5
  5. 2022 2.6; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.6; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.8; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.6; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8
  9. 2018 3.1; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.9; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.0; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.9; Kingston upon Hull, City of median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.9; 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 9 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Kingston upon Hull, City of median

Dashed bars: as St Mary's College (URN 118117), 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 20263411,0873.25161.51
Sep 20253441,1373.35881.71
Sep 20243451,0633.15201.51
Sep 20233479972.95581.61
Sep 20223458892.64851.41
Sep 20213499072.64921.41
Sep 20203589832.85561.55
Sep 20193579122.65091.43
Sep 20183009293.14861.62
Sep 2017 *3079002.95121.67
Sep 2016 *2948923.04611.57
Sep 2015 *2707782.94121.53
Sep 2014 *2386932.93511.47

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

358 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)54.82nd of 13 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
Grade 5 or above in English and maths58%3rd of 13 in Kingston upon Hull, City of
Grade 4 or above in English and maths76%
  • This school
  • Kingston upon Hull, City of median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.63
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)35854.858%76%–
2024/2537754.962%78%–
2023/2435454.259%82%+0.63
2022/2333356.058%75%+0.73

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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  • Strong standard
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  • Needs attention
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  • 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
144104 · 810/4626
Trust
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
2,400 pupils · 2,485 on roll
Free school meals
20.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2017
Replaced
St Mary's College (URN 118117)
Address
Cranbrook Avenue, Hull, HU6 7TN
Local authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of

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