Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School
All-through · Hessle · HU13 0JQ
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 1 May 2024
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1,812 pupils · 90% of 2,005 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 7.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 12.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.thehessleacademy.co.uk
- URN
- 137306
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 206 families named it first for 173 Year 7 places, 1.19 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.527 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 3 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 1 May 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.92 first-choice applications per place51 places offered · 47 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.19 first-choice applications per place173 places offered · 206 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Cutoff by admission criterion (2024 entry)
- Siblings
- 1.227 miles
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.527 miles
measurement method not stated by the council.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: East Riding of Yorkshire school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
70 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
231 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
A-level results (2024/2025)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Rivington and Blackrod High School | 49.2 | |
| Cromwell Community College | 40.8 | |
| West Park School | 48.7 | |
| Whickham School | 53 | |
| Dorothy Stringer School | 53.3 | |
| Leigh Stationers' Academy | 52.7 | |
| Northfield School and Sports College | 45.3 | |
| The Chauncy School | 49.5 | |
| Kennet School | 46.5 | |
| Oxted School | 44.6 | |
| Riddlesdown Collegiate | 50.7 | |
| Monk's Walk School | 50.8 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Specific Learning Difficulty
- Visual Impairment
- Other Difficulty/Disability
- Hearing Impairment
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Multi-Sensory Impairment
- Physical Disability
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 88% (East Riding of Yorkshire 89%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (East Riding of Yorkshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 4%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
11.75 suspensions per 100 pupils and 6 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · East Riding of Yorkshire: 21.30 suspensions and 0.33 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
57.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,845; 8.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 85% (78%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 1% (4%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £1,846,000; in-year balance +£2,273,000
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Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 30 April 2024: School remains Good
- 12 September 2018: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 41.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 45.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 8.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 51.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 84.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 5.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 10.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 53.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 5.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 53.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 8.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013005 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £282,000360 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £220,000–£350,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 10an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 42an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted