Rise Academy, Hull

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades Rise Academy on 6 areas: 3 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils make demonstrable improvements to their attendance from their starting points."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise inclusion."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school's highly inclusive culture is reflected in its approaches to personal development."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils receive daily lessons to build their reading, writing and mathematics knowledge."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have identified that many pupils join the school with gaps in learning."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Many aspects of the school's leadership and governance demonstrate strengths."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should strengthen the consistency of curriculum delivery across school sites to ensure all pupils experience consistently high-quality teaching across all curriculum areas. • Leaders should further embed the improvements to the school's quality of education strategy, ensuring that it provides the information required about the impact it is having and informs current, strategic priorities for staff's professional learning".

In its own words: "By the secondary school; to support with assessing and managing a student’s additional needs, in order prevent permanent exclusion. At Rise Academy, we believe that every child deserves the right provision, at the right time, delivered by adults who understand both their potential and their barriers."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and rugby.

Across Kingston upon Hull, City of, 85% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 95% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Kingston upon Hull, City of lodged 383 appeals against secondary school offers; 314 reached a hearing and 91 succeeded (29% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Rise Academy are Hull Trinity House Academy (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.6); Ron Dearing UTC (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 53); St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy (1.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.8); and Newland School for Girls (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49).

Rise Academy is one of 10 schools run by The Constellation Trust, an academy trust.

19 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Rise Academy (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (90%).

Of the 57 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 35% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college and 5% to an apprenticeship.

61.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 3.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 24 pupils (20%) received SEN support and 81 (67.5%) 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 Hull Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Waterloo Street, 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Rise Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 874 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 Kingston upon Hull, City of (309), as is usual near a town centre.

The primary schools closest to Rise Academy are Clifton Primary School (0.3 miles), Stepney Primary School (0.4 miles), St Charles Voluntary Catholic Academy (0.5 miles) and Pearson Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.