Sirius Academy North
540 Hall Road, Hull, HU6 9BP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CONSTELLATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Ravenscroft
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- The Constellation Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,310
- Pupils on roll
- 1,095
- URN
- 138246
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01482349600
About this school
Sirius Academy North is a secondary academy in Hull. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,095 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 243 | 244 | 236 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.4 | 36.6 | 37.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.75 -0.94 to -0.56 | -1.01 -1.19 to -0.83 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 25.8% | 33.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 47.1% | 52.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 44% | 27.9% | 22.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
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 Sirius Academy North has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kingston upon Hull, City of average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37.4 | 38.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.6 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.8 | 36.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,252 |
| 2023/24 | 1,298 |
| 2024/25 | 1,237 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sirius Academy North compares
Sirius Academy North ranked 11th of 13 secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.8 | 10.6% | 51.3% | 1,095 | — |
| St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy | 54.9 | 4.5% | 21.6% | 2,485 | 0.7 miles |
| Newland School for Girls | 44.2 | 8.5% | 43.6% | 610 | 0.9 miles |
| Kelvin Hall School | 42.2 | 10.2% | 31.4% | 1,593 | 1.7 miles |
| Lift Kingswood | 55 | 5.3% | 30.1% | 1,592 | 1.8 miles |
| Winifred Holtby Academy | 36.4 | 11% | 45.1% | 1,309 | 1.9 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)
- 51.25%
- English as an additional language
- 19%
- Overall absence
- 10.57%
- Persistent absence
- 30.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy0.7 miles
Secondary · Hull
-
Newland School for Girls0.9 miles
Secondary · Hull
-
Kelvin Hall School1.7 miles
Secondary · Hull
-
Lift Kingswood1.8 miles
Secondary · Hull
-
Winifred Holtby Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Hull
Other schools in Hull
Sirius Academy North ranks 12th of the 14 ranked secondary schools in Hull.
- Holderness Academy Secondary
- Hull Trinity House Academy Secondary
- Kelvin Hall School Secondary
- Liberty Academy Secondary
- Lift Kingswood Secondary
- Malet Lambert Secondary
- Newland School for Girls Secondary
- Ron Dearing UTC Secondary
- Sirius Academy West Secondary
- St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy Secondary
- The Marvell College Secondary
- Winifred Holtby Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sirius Academy North teach?
- Sirius Academy North teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Hull.
- Who is the headteacher of Sirius Academy North?
- The headteacher of Sirius Academy North is Mr Ian Ravenscroft, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sirius Academy North last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sirius Academy North, 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 Sirius Academy North?
- Sirius Academy North has 1,095 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Sirius Academy North full?
- Sirius Academy North has capacity for 1,310 pupils and 1,095 on roll (84%), 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 Sirius Academy North a faith school?
- No. Sirius Academy North has no designated religious character.
- Is Sirius Academy North a selective school?
- No. Sirius Academy North is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Sirius Academy North?
- Sirius Academy North is part of THE CONSTELLATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Sirius Academy North have?
- The schools register lists Sirius Academy North's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Sirius Academy North's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.4 in 2022/23 and 37.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sirius Academy North rank locally?
- Sirius Academy North ranked 11th of 13 secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sirius Academy North's absence rate?
- Sirius Academy North's overall absence rate is 10.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sirius Academy North's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sirius Academy North'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 1 July 2026.