Cottingham High School and Sixth Form College

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

East Riding of YorkshireLocal Authority

Kingston upon Hull North and CottinghamConstituency

HU16 5PXPostcode

3.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Cottingham High School and Sixth Form College is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 826 pupils. Cottingham High School and Sixth Form College is part of THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 May 2026 · published 24 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 45.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 42.2%
EBacc average point score: 3.69

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

826

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

22%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 826
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 9 June 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
20 Jun 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.