Newland School for Girls
Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- THRIVE CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Vicky Callaghan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Thrive Co-operative Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 610
- URN
- 144307
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01482343098
About this school
Newland School for Girls is a girls' secondary academy in Hull. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 610 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Newland School for Girls, 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
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- Attendance and behaviour
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- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
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- Safeguarding
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Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 121 | 127 | 136 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.8 | 44.3 | 44.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.22 -0.50 to +0.05 | -0.13 -0.39 to +0.14 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 41.7% | 39.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 62.2% | 58.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 77% | 48% | 60.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 4.0 | 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 Newland School for Girls 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 | 43.8 | 38.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.3 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.2 | 36.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 650 |
| 2023/24 | 692 |
| 2024/25 | 672 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newland School for Girls compares
Newland School for Girls ranked 5th of 13 secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% 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 | 44.2 | 8.5% | 43.6% | 610 | — |
| St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy | 54.9 | 4.5% | 21.6% | 2,485 | 0.4 miles |
| Kelvin Hall School | 42.2 | 10.2% | 31.4% | 1,593 | 0.8 miles |
| Sirius Academy North | 37.8 | 10.6% | 51.3% | 1,095 | 0.9 miles |
| Hull Trinity House Academy | 47 | 10.8% | 45.3% | 979 | 1.4 miles |
| The Boulevard Academy | 39.6 | 9.3% | 51.9% | 859 | 2.2 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
-
Graded inspection report10 March 2026
- 16 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 43.6%
- English as an additional language
- 43.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.53%
- Persistent absence
- 24.83%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Hull
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Kelvin Hall School0.8 miles
Secondary · Hull
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Sirius Academy North0.9 miles
Secondary · Hull
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Hull Trinity House Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Hull
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The Boulevard Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Kingston-upon-Hull
Other schools in Hull
Newland School for Girls ranks 6th 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
- Ron Dearing UTC Secondary
- Sirius Academy North Secondary
- Sirius Academy West Secondary
- St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy Secondary
- The Marvell College Secondary
- Winifred Holtby Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Newland School for Girls teach?
- Newland School for Girls teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Hull.
- Who is the headteacher of Newland School for Girls?
- The headteacher of Newland School for Girls is Ms Vicky Callaghan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Newland School for Girls been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Newland School for Girls, 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 Newland School for Girls?
- Newland School for Girls has 610 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Newland School for Girls full?
- Newland School for Girls has capacity for 750 pupils and 610 on roll (81%), 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 Newland School for Girls a faith school?
- No. Newland School for Girls has no designated religious character.
- Is Newland School for Girls a selective school?
- No. Newland School for Girls is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Newland School for Girls part of an academy trust?
- Newland School for Girls is part of THRIVE CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Newland School for Girls's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.8 in 2022/23 and 44.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Newland School for Girls compare with other schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of?
- Newland School for Girls ranked 5th of 13 secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% 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 Newland School for Girls's absence rate?
- Newland School for Girls's overall absence rate is 8.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Newland School for Girls's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newland School for Girls'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 10 July 2026.