Holderness Academy, Hull

In its own words: "Holderness Academy is part of The Consortium Academy Trust . At The Consortium Academy Trust, we are ambitious about the future - creating learning environments and excellence in teaching and learning that provide our children and young people with the best chance at a successful future."

In 2026, pupils at Holderness Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.1 in East Riding of Yorkshire and 47 across England.

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

That is up from 43.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.27: pupils made 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 41.3, against 47.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 161 families put Holderness Academy as their first choice and 222 named it as one of their preferences, for 168 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Holderness Academy are The Marvell College (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.9); Liberty Academy (3.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 29.5); and Malet Lambert (4.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.2).

Holderness Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Holderness Academy 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.

487 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Holderness Academy (as of September 2025): 75% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 70% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (70%).

Of the 154 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 77% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 22% to a further education college, 8% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

Of the 31 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 42% went on to university or other higher education, 13% to apprenticeships and 36% into work.

2.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 81 pupils (8.9%) received SEN support and 37 (4.1%) 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 autism.

Holderness Academy has a resourced provision (5 places, 5 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (5 places, 5 pupils on roll) for autism.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Holderness Academy.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Preston Station Road, 170 metres away.

In 2024/25, Holderness Academy issued 356 suspensions, 36 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Holderness Academy are Preston Primary School (0.1 miles), Hedon Primary School (0.8 miles) and Inmans Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.