Beverley High School, Beverley

In its own words: "Beverley High School is a Group 6, five-form entry girls' comprehensive within the East Riding of Yorkshire. Approximately 860 students are currently on roll including 117 girls in the Sixth Form. The School, founded in 1908, has developed since 1973 from a grammar school into a fully comprehensive 11-18 establishment. The school celebrated its 110th anniversary in September 2018."

In 2026, pupils at Beverley High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.1 in East Riding of Yorkshire and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in East Riding of Yorkshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 50.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.14: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34, against 51.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were German, Combined Science and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 154 families put Beverley High School as their first choice and 222 named it as one of their preferences, for 148 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Beverley High School are Longcroft School and Sixth Form College (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Beverley Grammar School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 52.6); Beverley Joint Sixth (1 mile); and Cottingham High School (4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.6).

Beverley High School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Of the 146 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 96% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 37% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 53 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 70% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 33% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 82 pupils (10%) received SEN support and 19 (2.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Beverley Rail Station, about 680 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beverley Norwood, 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 163 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in East Riding of Yorkshire (31), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Beverley High School issued 24 suspensions, 2.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Beverley High School are St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Beverley (0.3 miles); Swinemoor Primary School (0.5 miles); Beverley Minster CE Primary School (0.6 miles); and St John of Beverley Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.