Northcott School and Sixth Form College
Community special school · Mixed · Kingston upon Hull, City of
Northcott School, Hull, HU7 4EL
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 22/05/2024
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
90.4%
29.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
195
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Katherine Johnson
- Address
- Northcott School, Bransholme, Hull, HU7 4EL
- Phone
- 01482825311
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Ward / constituency
- West Carr · Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 118138
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 49% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
195 pupils · 200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
22 May 2024
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 162 pupils
Attendance
90.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
9.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
5.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 2.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 29 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2022/2023)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 13 | 0% | 0% | 8% | |
| English Language | 10 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 9 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Statistics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.