Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School

Tranby House, Heads Lane, HU13 0JQ

Academy converter for ages 3–19 in Heads Lane. Mixed intake.

Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School is a large mixed all-through academy in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire, for pupils aged 3 to 19. It has nursery classes and a sixth form. Ofsted rated it Good at its last full inspection (2018), a rating now more than five years old.

The school says The Hessle Academy comprises Hessle High School and Sixth Form College and Penshurst Primary School. It says it is part of The Consortium Academy Trust and describes learning environments across primary, secondary and sixth form provision.

Ages 3–19 · All-through

1,856 pupils · On roll

Academy converter · Mixed

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OfstedReport published Oct 2018

KS2 reading, writing and maths53%

(share of 11-year-olds reaching the level expected for their age in all three subjects at the end of primary school; 1% reached the higher standard — national average is 62%)

GCSE Attainment 844.7

(pupils averaged about grade 4+, the old grade C, in every subject — national average is 46.1)

GCSE grade 5+ in English and maths39%

(a grade 5 is a "strong pass", between the old C and B — this is the share of pupils managing it in both subjects; national average is 45.4%)

A-level average resultC+

(the government's average across A-level entries — results cluster around grade C; 11.4% of A-level students achieved AAB or higher, including at least two facilitating subjects)

DfE performance tables · 2024/25

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