Howden School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Goole · DN14 7AL · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 11–16
- Att841.2
- P8-0.5
- EM5+35%
- Absence8.0%
3.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 145929
Goole Academy
Academy converter · Goole · DN14 6AN
Ages 11–16 · 1,348 pupils · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
47.2
Overall absence
8.7%
Admissions demand
1.01 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-09-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.50
−20+2
Attainment 847.2
English & maths grade 5+44%
English & maths grade 4+67%
EBacc entry37%
EBacc APS: 4.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.0%
Unauthorised3.0%
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,202
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.01 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
259
Places offered
258
1st-preference offers
257
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 278
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 257
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill77%
1,348 pupils · 1,750 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,348
- Boys / girls
- 707 / 641
- School capacity
- 1,750
- Capacity fill
- 1,348 / 1,750 (77%)
- Free school meals
- 30.1%
- FSM pupils
- 406
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Delta Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsty Holt
Location
- Address
- Centenary Road
- Postcode
- DN14 6AN
- Town
- Goole
- County
- East Yorkshire
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- District
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, 1,348 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 30.1%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Other independent special school
Goole · DN14 6TL · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 11–18
0.2 miles away
Boothferry Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Goole · DN14 6TL · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS248%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM26.3%
- Demand1.26
0.2 miles away
Parkside Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Goole · DN14 6RQ · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS241%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM22.4%
- Demand0.88
0.4 miles away
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Goole
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Goole · DN14 6HQ · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM32.4%
- Demand1.14
0.5 miles away
Kingsway Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Goole · DN14 5HQ · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS241%
- Absence7.2%
- FSM38.6%
- Demand0.95
1.0 miles away
Riverside Special School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity special school
Goole · DN14 5JS · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 2–19
- KS20%
- Absence11.4%
- FSM34.5%
1.0 miles away
Airmyn Park Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Goole · DN14 8NZ · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 4–11
- KS284%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM4.8%
- Demand0.94
1.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsty Holt
- Telephone
- 01405504000