Withernsea High School
Hull Road, Withernsea, HU19 2EQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Crofts
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- Not Applicable
- Constituency
- Beverley and Holderness
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,267
- Pupils on roll
- 734
- URN
- 118075
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01964613133
About this school
Withernsea High School is a community secondary school in Withernsea. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 734 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 142 | 167 | 123 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.2 | 36.6 | 38.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.05 -0.29 to +0.18 | -0.38 -0.60 to -0.16 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 26.3% | 24.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 21% | 29.3% | 30.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Withernsea High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | East Riding of Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.2 | 45 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.6 | 43.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.9 | 44.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 763 |
| 2023/24 | 759 |
| 2024/25 | 731 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Withernsea High School compares
Withernsea High School ranked 17th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.9 | 8.7% | 40.6% | 734 | — |
| Holderness Academy | 43.1 | 7.1% | 22.1% | 906 | 9.1 miles |
| Oasis Academy Immingham | 39.7 | 10.2% | 40.6% | 568 | 12.7 miles |
| Withernsea Primary School | — | 7.4% | 48.3% | 408 | 0.1 miles |
| Sycamore House School | — | — | 0% | 2 | 0.9 miles |
| Roos Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | — | 5.2% | 11.5% | 123 | 3.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.63%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 8.68%
- Persistent absence
- 28.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holderness Academy9.1 miles
Secondary · Hull
-
Oasis Academy Immingham12.7 miles
Secondary · Immingham
-
Withernsea Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Withernsea
-
Sycamore House School0.9 miles
Special schools
-
Roos Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Hull
Other schools in Withernsea
- Withernsea Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Withernsea High School teach?
- Withernsea High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Withernsea.
- Who is the headteacher of Withernsea High School?
- The headteacher of Withernsea High School is Mr Mark Crofts, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Withernsea High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Withernsea High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Withernsea High School?
- Withernsea High School has 734 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Withernsea High School full?
- Withernsea High School has capacity for 1,267 pupils and 734 on roll (58%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Withernsea High School a faith school?
- No. Withernsea High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Withernsea High School a selective school?
- No. Withernsea High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Withernsea High School have?
- The schools register lists Withernsea High School's special educational needs provision as: Not Applicable. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Withernsea High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.2 in 2022/23 and 38.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Withernsea High School rank locally?
- Withernsea High School ranked 17th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Withernsea High School's absence rate?
- Withernsea High School's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Withernsea High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Withernsea High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.