Cottingham High School
Harland Way, Cottingham, HU16 5PX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Jay Kerby
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Consortium Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,411
- Pupils on roll
- 826
- URN
- 136921
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01482847498
About this school
Cottingham High School is a secondary academy in Cottingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 826 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cottingham High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- 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
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 170 | 159 | 147 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.7 | 47.4 | 45.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.40 -0.61 to -0.19 | +0.09 -0.13 to +0.32 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 41.5% | 42.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 61% | 68.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 12% | 13.8% | 8.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
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 Cottingham 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 | 45.7 | 45 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.4 | 43.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.2 | 44.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 987 |
| 2023/24 | 921 |
| 2024/25 | 869 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cottingham High School compares
Cottingham High School ranked 10th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.2 | 9.3% | 24% | 826 | — |
| Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College | 47.6 | 6.6% | 18.8% | 1,381 | 2.1 miles |
| Kelvin Hall School | 42.2 | 10.2% | 31.4% | 1,593 | 2.5 miles |
| Newland School for Girls | 44.2 | 8.5% | 43.6% | 610 | 2.8 miles |
| Sirius Academy North | 37.8 | 10.6% | 51.3% | 1,095 | 2.8 miles |
| St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy | 54.9 | 4.5% | 21.6% | 2,485 | 3.0 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.25%
- Persistent absence
- 27.74%
Location
Nearby schools
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Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College2.1 miles
Secondary · Hull
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Kelvin Hall School2.5 miles
Secondary · Hull
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Newland School for Girls2.8 miles
Secondary · Hull
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Sirius Academy North2.8 miles
Secondary · Hull
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St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy3.0 miles
Secondary · Hull
Other schools in Cottingham
Common questions
- What ages does Cottingham High School teach?
- Cottingham High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Cottingham.
- Who is the principal of Cottingham High School?
- The principal of Cottingham High School is Jay Kerby, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cottingham High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cottingham 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 many pupils are at Cottingham High School?
- Cottingham High School has 826 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Cottingham High School full?
- Cottingham High School has capacity for 1,411 pupils and 826 on roll (59%), 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 Cottingham High School a faith school?
- No. Cottingham High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Cottingham High School a selective school?
- No. Cottingham High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Cottingham High School part of an academy trust?
- Cottingham High School is part of THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cottingham High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.7 in 2022/23 and 45.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cottingham High School compare with other schools in East Riding of Yorkshire?
- Cottingham High School ranked 10th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cottingham High School's absence rate?
- Cottingham High School's overall absence rate is 9.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cottingham High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cottingham 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 15 July 2026.