Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School

State-Funded School
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Region
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion
East Riding of YorkshireLocal Authority
Kingston upon Hull West and HaltempriceConstituency
Postcode
HU13 0JQPostcode
3.9
Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 3–19, located in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,812 pupils. Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School is part of THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8
44.7
≈ national average
Grade 5+ in English & maths
39%
3% vs national average
EBacc average point score
4.04
+0.1 vs national average

Ethnicity

White
94%
Asian
1%
Black
<1%
Mixed
1%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
<1%

Pupils

1,812

Total Pupils

51%Boys
49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
26%
England average
27%
First language not English
7%
England average
22%
Young carers
1%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
Secondary
Age range
3 – 19
Deprivation band
Average
Total pupils
1,812
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 1 May 2024. 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
9 Oct 2018
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.

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