Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School
All-through schoolHessle High School and Penshurst Primary School is a all-through school in East Riding of Yorkshire, for pupils aged 3 to 19. It had 1,812 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, May 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 1 May 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 53% of pupils at Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in East Riding of Yorkshire and 62% in England.
1% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School was 45.5, against 44.8 in East Riding of Yorkshire and 46.2 in England.
50.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | East Riding of Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | East Riding of Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.5 | 44.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50.9% | 44.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68.1% | 63.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 232 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Anne's School and Sixth Form CollegeSpecial. Good (overall), June 20231.2 km
- All Saints Church of England Junior AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- All Saints Church of England Infant AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, May 20241.5 km
- TranbyIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in East Riding of Yorkshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).