Howden School
Derwent Road, Howden, Goole, DN14 7AL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Tester
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Consortium Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 710
- Pupils on roll
- 699
- URN
- 146129
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01430430448
About this school
Howden School is a secondary academy in Goole. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 699 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
- Good
- 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 | 144 | 130 | 128 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.5 | 41.2 | 46.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.22 -0.45 to +0.01 | -0.52 -0.77 to -0.28 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 35.4% | 45.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 56.9% | 62.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 49% | 42.3% | 61.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
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 Howden 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 | 46.5 | 45 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.2 | 43.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.2 | 44.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 698 |
| 2023/24 | 699 |
| 2024/25 | 678 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Howden School compares
Howden School ranked 9th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 62% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.2 | 6.4% | 19.6% | 699 | — |
| Goole Academy | 49.9 | 8.4% | 27.5% | 1,348 | 3.0 miles |
| Barlby High School | 42.8 | 11.1% | 15.2% | 482 | 8.3 miles |
| The Snaith School | 46.3 | 6.5% | 16.9% | 837 | 8.3 miles |
| Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science | 42.1 | 9.7% | 26.3% | 1,176 | 9.2 miles |
| Brayton Academy | 53.4 | 5.5% | 16.6% | 988 | 9.3 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)
- 19.62%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.42%
- Persistent absence
- 20.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Goole Academy3.0 miles
Secondary · Goole
-
Barlby High School8.3 miles
Secondary · Selby
-
The Snaith School8.3 miles
Secondary · Goole
-
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science9.2 miles
Secondary · Selby
-
Brayton Academy9.3 miles
Secondary · Selby
Other schools in Goole
- Goole Academy Secondary
- The Snaith 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 Howden School teach?
- Howden School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Goole.
- Who is the headteacher of Howden School?
- The headteacher of Howden School is Mrs Lisa Tester, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Howden School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Howden 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 Howden School?
- Howden School has 699 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Howden School full?
- Howden School has capacity for 710 pupils and 699 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Howden School a faith school?
- No. Howden School has no designated religious character.
- Is Howden School a selective school?
- No. Howden School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Howden School?
- Howden 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.
- What SEN provision does Howden School have?
- The schools register lists Howden School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Howden School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.5 in 2022/23 and 46.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Howden School rank locally?
- Howden School ranked 9th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 62% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Howden School's absence rate?
- Howden School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Howden School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Howden 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 10 July 2026.