Withernsea Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Withernsea · HU19 2EG · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS255%
- Absence8.3%
- FSM46.7%
- Demand1.00
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 118075
Withernsea High School
Community school · Withernsea · HU19 2EQ
Ages 11–16 · 734 pupils · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
36.6
Overall absence
11.1%
Admissions demand
1.03 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-04-29
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.38
−20+2
Attainment 836.6
English & maths grade 5+26%
English & maths grade 4+47%
EBacc entry29%
EBacc APS: 3.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence11.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)36.6%
Unauthorised4.2%
- Authorised absence
- 6.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 790
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
1.03 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
160
Places offered
156
1st-preference offers
155
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 187
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 156
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
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 fill58%
734 pupils · 1,267 places
- Pupils on roll
- 734
- Boys / girls
- 404 / 330
- School capacity
- 1,267
- Capacity fill
- 734 / 1,267 (58%)
- Free school meals
- 39.4%
- FSM pupils
- 289
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Crofts
Location
- Address
- Hull Road
- Postcode
- HU19 2EQ
- Town
- Withernsea
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- District
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Beverley and Holderness
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 25 on roll / 25 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, 734 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 39.4%.
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
HU19 2NT · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 11–18
0.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Crofts
- Telephone
- 01964613133