Withernsea High School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Secondary
Withernsea · HU19 2EQ · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 11–16
- Att836.6
- P8-0.4
- EM5+26%
- Absence11.1%
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 141933
Withernsea Primary School
Academy converter · Withernsea · HU19 2EG
Ages 3–11 · 408 pupils · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
55%
Overall absence
8.3%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-09-19
- 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 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)55%
Higher standard (RWM)3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.6%
Unauthorised1.8%
- Authorised absence
- 6.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 406
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary 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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
44
Places offered
44
1st-preference offers
44
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 46
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 44
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- 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 fill76%
408 pupils · 540 places
- Pupils on roll
- 408
- Boys / girls
- 219 / 189
- School capacity
- 540
- Capacity fill
- 408 / 540 (76%)
- Free school meals
- 46.7%
- FSM pupils
- 185
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: HULL COLLABORATIVE ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- HULL COLLABORATIVE ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Hull Collaborative Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr James Hartmann
Location
- Address
- Hull Road
- Postcode
- HU19 2EG
- 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
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, 408 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 46.7%.
Nearby primary 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
0.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr James Hartmann
- Telephone
- 01964612800