The Snaith School
Pontefract Road, Snaith, Goole, DN14 9LB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE
- Headteacher
- Mrs Heather Yates
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Education Alliance
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 914
- Pupils on roll
- 837
- URN
- 140866
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01405860327
About this school
The Snaith School is a secondary academy in Goole. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 837 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 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
- Strong 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 | 173 | 178 | 169 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.5 | 46.7 | 46.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.11 -0.10 to +0.32 | +0.21 0.00 to +0.42 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 39.3% | 40.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 68% | 63.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 40% | 42.1% | 43.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
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 The Snaith 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 | 47.5 | 45 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.7 | 43.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.3 | 44.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 849 |
| 2023/24 | 778 |
| 2024/25 | 788 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Snaith School compares
The Snaith School ranked 7th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.3 | 6.5% | 16.9% | 837 | — |
| Brayton Academy | 53.4 | 5.5% | 16.6% | 988 | 6.1 miles |
| Trinity Academy | 42.4 | 8% | 38.6% | 1,176 | 6.3 miles |
| Goole Academy | 49.9 | 8.4% | 27.5% | 1,348 | 6.4 miles |
| Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science | 42.1 | 9.7% | 26.3% | 1,176 | 6.5 miles |
| Campsmount Academy | 41.5 | 11.1% | 34.3% | 710 | 7.6 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)
- 16.88%
- English as an additional language
- 4.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.54%
- Persistent absence
- 17.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brayton Academy6.1 miles
Secondary · Selby
-
Trinity Academy6.3 miles
Secondary · Doncaster
-
Goole Academy6.4 miles
Secondary · Goole
-
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science6.5 miles
Secondary · Selby
-
Campsmount Academy7.6 miles
Secondary · Doncaster
Other schools in Goole
- Goole Academy Secondary
- Howden School Secondary
- Airmyn Park Primary School Primary
- Barmby-on-the-Marsh Primary School Primary
- Boothferry Primary School Primary
- Carlton Primary School Primary
- Cowick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Eastrington Primary School Primary
- Hook Church of England Primary School Primary
- Howden Junior School Primary
- Kellington Primary School Primary
- Kingsway Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Snaith School teach?
- The Snaith School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Goole.
- Who is the headteacher of The Snaith School?
- The headteacher of The Snaith School is Mrs Heather Yates, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Snaith School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Snaith 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 The Snaith School?
- The Snaith School has 837 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Snaith School full?
- The Snaith School has capacity for 914 pupils and 837 on roll (92%), 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 The Snaith School a faith school?
- No. The Snaith School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Snaith School a selective school?
- No. The Snaith School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Snaith School?
- The Snaith School is part of THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Snaith School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.5 in 2022/23 and 46.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Snaith School rank locally?
- The Snaith School ranked 7th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Snaith School's absence rate?
- The Snaith School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Snaith School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Snaith 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.