Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School, Hessle

In 2026, pupils at Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.1 in East Riding of Yorkshire and 47 across England.

51% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in East Riding of Yorkshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 44.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.6: pupils made well below 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 36.8, against 49.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 206 families put Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School as their first choice and 433 named it as one of their preferences, for 173 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 34 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School are Sirius Academy West (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); Baysgarth School (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.7); and South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College (3.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.1).

Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School is one of 9 schools run by The Consortium Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.6 in 2024/25.

158 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School (as of April 2026): 99% would recommend the school, 98% say their child is happy there and 56% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (56%).

Of the 240 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 66 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 56% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 26% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School provides for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Hessle Rail Stn, about 1130 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hessle Boothferry Road, 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 77 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. 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, Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School issued 218 suspensions, 11.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School are All Saints Church of England Junior Academy (0.9 miles), All Saints Church of England Infant Academy (0.9 miles), St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy (1.6 miles) and Christopher Pickering Primary School (1.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.