Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 3–19 · Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.527 miles
Published by East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Reception 2024: 1.227 mi
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School is an all-through school in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 3–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 and Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary 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 | 2.527 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 1.227 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 2.527 miles, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2024; for Reception 2024 it was 1.227 miles.
- Year 7 2026 drew 206 first-choice applications for 173 offers; 172 offers went to first-choice families, and 34 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 2026, 165 of the 433 applications (38%) came from families living outside East Riding of Yorkshire, and 47 offers went to them.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C+ (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level rated average.
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
- Tranby House, Heads Lane, Hessle, HU13 0JQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,812 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “A ‘can-do’ attitude runs through the school, from children aged three to students aged 19 in the sixth form.”
- “Pupils who spend 16 years of their early life at the school welcome pupils who are new to school.”
- “The vast majority of pupils have a positive mindset.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ outcomes in some areas in 2023 did not meet the high aspirations of the school.”
- “At times, the curriculum does not meet the needs of some learners well.”
- “These pupils require more complex and challenging activities that fulfil the curriculum and develop their knowledge and skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.7 | 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 Reception entry: 47 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 47 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 206 first-preference applications, 173 offers in total, 172 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
- St Anne's School and Sixth Form College 0.8 mi Good
- Tranby 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Hub School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cambian Beverley School 8.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Compass Community School Seacole Park 8.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Becklands School 13.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Riverside Special School 16.7 mi Good
- Falcons Learning 17.7 mi No Ofsted grade