Withernsea High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Withernsea High School is a secondary school in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Withernsea High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 24% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 38.9 (England 46).
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out in the 1 earlier year with a published outcome, 2024.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 131 first-choice applications for 133 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 39.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.7% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Riding of Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hull Road, Withernsea, HU19 2EQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 734 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “Many pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “They are happy, safe and have positive relationships with staff.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are fully included in the life of the school.”
To improve
- “However, the quality of education that pupils receive is variable.”
- “Pupils’ recent published outcomes are below national outcomes in many areas.”
- “Lots of pupils rise to the school’s high expectations, but some do not.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 131 first-preference applications, 133 offers in total, 131 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
- Holderness Academy 9.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hornsea School and Language College 14.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cottingham High School 19.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College 19.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beverley High School 20.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Beverley Grammar School 20.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Longcroft School and Sixth Form College 20.9 mi Good Last distance published
- South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College 22.9 mi Good Last distance published