Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy
Longhedge Lane, Carlton, Goole, DN14 9NS
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Donna Mitchell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (rc)
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Selby
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 191
- URN
- 148167
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy was a Roman Catholic secondary academy in Goole. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 191 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in March 2021, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 95 | 82 | 61 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.6 | 39.8 | 36.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.67 -0.96 to -0.39 | -0.55 -0.87 to -0.24 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 36.6% | 32.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 58.5% | 52.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 5% | 26.8% | 8.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
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 Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.6 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.8 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.9 | 40.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 342 |
| 2023/24 | 314 |
| 2024/25 | 191 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.9 | 12.5% | 34% | 191 | — |
| The Snaith School | 46.3 | 6.5% | 16.9% | 837 | 1.9 miles |
| Brayton Academy | 53.4 | 5.5% | 16.6% | 988 | 4.9 miles |
| Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science | 42.1 | 9.7% | 26.3% | 1,176 | 5.2 miles |
| Goole Academy | 49.9 | 8.4% | 27.5% | 1,348 | 5.5 miles |
| Barlby High School | 42.8 | 11.1% | 15.2% | 482 | 6.2 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.03%
- English as an additional language
- 11.5%
- Overall absence
- 12.48%
- Persistent absence
- 32.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Snaith School1.9 miles
Secondary · Goole
-
Brayton Academy4.9 miles
Secondary · Selby
-
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science5.2 miles
Secondary · Selby
-
Goole Academy5.5 miles
Secondary · Goole
-
Barlby High School6.2 miles
Secondary · Selby
Other schools in Goole
- Goole Academy Secondary
- Howden School 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy teach?
- Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Goole.
- Has Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy?
- Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy had 191 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.6 in 2022/23 and 36.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy'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 31 August 2025.