Community special school

Northcott School and Sixth Form College

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formKingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and the Humber · Hull HU7 4ELSchool website
Pupils on roll
195of 200 places
Free school meals
48.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
29
Ofsted
Outstanding, 22 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 23 pupils who finished Year 11 at Northcott School and Sixth Form College in 2023, 0% stayed on in Northcott School and Sixth Form College’s own sixth form (Kingston upon Hull, City of average 17%), 39% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Northcott School and Sixth Form College is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 2.6, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

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 Kingston upon Hull, City of and England.

This school
Kingston upon Hull, City of
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Pupils in the cohort232,997607,348
Any sustained destination87%85%92%
Stayed in education87%75%86%
— school sixth form0%17%34%
— sixth form college0%33%13%
— further education college39%23%37%
— other education48%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%7%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination4%11%6%
Destination unknown9%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)2.640.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%55%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%37%41%
EBacc average point score0.103.524.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort62%33%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils2.733.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils2.544.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language3%15%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics1345%88%0%22%8%
English Language1034%89%0%20%0%
Religious Studies931%31%0%32%0%
Statistics517%5%20%

Other secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of

Kelvin Hall School

Academy converter · 1,593 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2

Liberty Academy

Academy sponsor led · 1,199 pupils

71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 29.2

Lift Kingswood

Academy sponsor led · 1,592 pupils

73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.0

Malet Lambert

Academy converter · 1,648 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9

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.