Beverley Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 829 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2
Community school
Withernsea High School
- Pupils on roll
- 734of 1,267 places
- Free school meals
- 39.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 123
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 29 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Withernsea High School has no sixth form. Of the 142 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 47% moved to a sixth form college, 30% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 47% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.9 against 46.1 across England and 44.9 in East Riding of Yorkshire, with 24% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in East Riding of Yorkshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Withernsea High School | East Riding of Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 142 | 3,428 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 47% | 23% | 13% |
| — further education college | 30% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 1% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Withernsea High School | East Riding of Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.9 | 44.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 30% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.41 | 3.99 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 42% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.1 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.6 | 48.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 5% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 122 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 50% |
| Mathematics | 122 | 99% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 58% |
| English Literature | 120 | 98% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 48% |
| Combined Science | 118 | 96% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 54% |
| History | 73 | 59% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 32% |
| Geography | 57 | 46% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 47% |
| Art and Design | 43 | 35% | 7% | 5% | 24% | 37% |
| French | 37 | 30% | 18% | 8% | 29% | 76% |
| Business Studies | 24 | 20% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 38% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 12% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 53% |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 35 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 17 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 12 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire
Beverley High School
Community school · sixth form · 821 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.1
Bridlington School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 881 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 30.2
Cottingham High School
Academy converter · 826 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Driffield School and Sixth Form
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,414 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.0
Goole Academy
Academy converter · 1,348 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.