Cottingham High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cottingham, 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 🔒
Cottingham High School is a secondary school in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cottingham 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 2026 every Year 7 applicant was offered a place, as was the case at 9 of the 16 other East Riding of Yorkshire secondary schools with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 121 first-choice applications for 136 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 15 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 73 of the 225 applications (32%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside East Riding of Yorkshire, and 22 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 45.2 (England 46).
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
- Harland Way, Cottingham, HU16 5PX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 826 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Cottingham High School provides a caring and supportive environment for its pupils.”
- “Positive relationships between staff and pupils develop pupils’ sense of belonging.”
- “On the whole, pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “Leaders have identified that, sometimes, some teachers apply the policy less effectively.”
- “In a few subjects, some aspects of teaching the curriculum are less well thought out to help pupils know more and remember essential information.”
- “On occasion, the quality of some of the school's support for pupils is not as effective as it could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 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) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | 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: 121 first-preference applications, 136 offers in total, 121 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.
- Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beverley Grammar School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beverley High School 4.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Longcroft School and Sixth Form College 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College 6.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holderness Academy 10.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Market Weighton School 10.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hornsea School and Language College 13.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published