Holderness Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Hull, 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 🔒
Holderness Academy is a secondary school in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Holderness Academy 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
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 161 first-choice applications for 168 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the Attainment 8 score was 43.1 (England 46).
- 52 of the 222 Year 7 applications in 2026 (23%) came from families living outside East Riding of Yorkshire, and 28 offers went to them.
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
- Station Road, Preston, Hull, HU12 8UZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 906 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy a much-improved education at this welcoming school.”
- “Staff have high expectations for what pupils can achieve.”
- “Many pupils progress well in their subjects and personal development over time.”
To improve
- “However, this improved experience has not impacted fully on pupils’ published outcomes.”
- “However, there is more work to do to help staff develop their expertise further.”
- “Some staff do not adapt learning as well as they should to meet pupils’ specific needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.1 | 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: 161 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 161 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.
- Withernsea High School 9.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cottingham High School 10.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College 10.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hornsea School and Language College 11.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beverley Grammar School 11.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beverley High School 11.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Longcroft School and Sixth Form College 12.3 mi Good Last distance published
- South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College 14.0 mi Good Last distance published