South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College, North Ferriby

In 2026, pupils at South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.1 in East Riding of Yorkshire and 47 across England.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in East Riding of Yorkshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 52.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.38: 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 44.5, against 51.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 343 families put South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College as their first choice and 506 named it as one of their preferences, for 340 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 7 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College are Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School (3.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.5); Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College (4.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); Winterton Community Academy (5.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4); and Baysgarth School (5.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.7).

South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College is one of 12 schools run by The Education Alliance, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.6 in 2024/25.

Of the 375 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 16% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 190 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 48% went on to university or other higher education, 11% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 26% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

10.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 272 pupils (13%) received SEN support and 54 (2.6%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Ferriby Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is South Hunsley School, 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College issued 153 suspensions, 7.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College are Welton Primary School (0.7 miles), Hunsley Primary (1.2 miles), Brough Primary School (1.4 miles) and North Ferriby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.