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Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College

Secondary · Hull · HU10 6HB

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Expected standard

Inspected 24 February 2026 · report published 28 April 2026

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At a glance

1,381 pupils · 82% of 1,685 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
20% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.wolfreton.co.uk/
URN
144561

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 233 families named it first for 248 Year 7 places, 0.94 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 24 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

248 places offered · 233 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

235 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
47.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
72.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
51.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.3
England 4.1

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)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
30.8
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school47.6
Median of its 12 closest peers46.5
East Riding of Yorkshire average44.9
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Guiseley SchoolLeeds · 53 miles awayGood49.6
Shenfield High SchoolBrentwood · 150 miles awayGood45.3
Rednock SchoolDursley · 164 miles awayGood44.9
St Laurence SchoolBradford-on-Avon · 183 miles awayGood54.5
The Marlborough Science AcademySt Albans · 140 miles awayGood43.4
Hele's SchoolPlymouth · 279 miles awayGood50.7
Trinity SchoolSevenoaks · 173 miles awayGood46.7
Frome Community CollegeFrome · 191 miles awayGood42.7
The Mountbatten SchoolRomsey · 197 miles awayGood51.2
Malet LambertHull · 6 miles awayGood41.9
Wood Green SchoolWitney · 143 miles awayNo current grade46.2
The Robert Smyth AcademyMarket Harborough · 90 miles awayGood53

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (East Riding of Yorkshire 89%, England 59%) · Any other White background 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

20.68 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 2% 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)

79.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.8 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 £52,712; 9.6% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,246
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 0% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £759,000; in-year balance +£1,751,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
81%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
65%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
16%
Any sustained destination
91%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.5%62.3%
Social housing9.2%17.1%
Privately rented11.3%20.5%
Detached houses7.9%22.9%
Flats20.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van16.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013110 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£265,000343 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£195,500–£326,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (82)£338,000
Semi-detached (164)£280,000
Terraced (51)£184,500
Flat (46)£124,500

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
22an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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

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