Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College, Hull

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 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. "The school's attendance is a notable strength."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school provides a highly ambitious programme of personal development that helps pupils grow into confident, thoughtful and responsible young people."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that pupils typically progress through the curriculum securely."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a curriculum that is broad, balanced and implemented well across most lessons."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school has an inclusive culture where pupils feel known, understood and supported."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear and ambitious vision for the school."

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear understanding of the quality and rationale of the post-16 curriculum."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to refine approaches to teaching and the quality of feedback that pupils receive to ensure that practice is embedded consistently across all subjects"; "Leaders should embed the strategies that remove barriers for disadvantaged pupils so that these approaches are applied consistently and secure stronger outcomes for these pupils".

In its own words: "As part of 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. We are a large, successful secondary school serving the Haltemprice area of the East Riding of Yorkshire."

In 2026, pupils at Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.1 in East Riding of Yorkshire and 47 across England.

50% 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 47.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.26: 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 36.8, against 49.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.8 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 233 families put Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College as their first choice and 422 named it as one of their preferences, for 248 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College are Cottingham High School (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.6); Sirius Academy West (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); Kelvin Hall School (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); and Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.5).

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

Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College 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.

417 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College (as of April 2026): 88% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 36% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (36%).

Of the 264 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 32% to a further education college, 11% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 76 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 71% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 11% into work. 16% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 263 pupils (19%) received SEN support and 36 (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 Cottingham Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Willerby Well Lane, 260 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 70 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, other theft and burglary. 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, Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College issued 284 suspensions, 20.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College are Willerby Carr Lane Primary School (0.2 miles), Kirk Ella St Andrew's Community Primary School (0.7 miles), Springhead Primary School (0.7 miles) and Wold Academy (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.