Headlands School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.028 miles
Published by East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Headlands School is a secondary school in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (community school). East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Headlands 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 | 1.028 mi |
| 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
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 223 first-choice applications for 202 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the highest of 17 East Riding of Yorkshire secondary schools.
- In 2026, 202 Year 7 offers went to first-choice families, while 21 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.028 miles away, the shortest of 7 East Riding of Yorkshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- 2024/25: 36% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 East Riding of Yorkshire secondary schools: it and the 8 nearest.
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
- Sewerby Road, Bridlington, YO16 6UR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,057 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel well cared for at this school.”
- “They know that staff will quickly offer them help and support when needed.”
- “Staff model the behaviours and values that the school community expects.”
To improve
- “While pupils generally enjoy their lessons, they do not achieve as well as they should, including students in the sixth form.”
- “Despite this, some pupils develop gaps in their knowledge that are not addressed quickly enough.”
- “As a result, they are not as well prepared for their next steps in education as they should be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 2026 (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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D | B- |
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: 223 first-preference applications, 202 offers in total, 202 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.
- Bridlington School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Driffield School and Sixth Form 11.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hornsea School and Language College 12.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beverley High School 20.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Longcroft School and Sixth Form College 20.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Beverley Grammar School 21.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cottingham High School 23.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holderness Academy 24.0 mi Not judged Last distance published