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The Boulevard Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formKingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and the Humber · Kingston-upon-Hull HU3 3QTTrust: Thrive Co-Operative Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
859of 720 places
Free school meals
54.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
120
Ofsted
Inspected, 14 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

The Boulevard Academy has no sixth form. Of the 102 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 42% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

14% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 42% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 73% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of and England.

The Boulevard Academy
Kingston upon Hull, City of
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThe Boulevard AcademyKingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Pupils in the cohort1022,997607,348
Any sustained destination84%85%92%
Stayed in education80%75%86%
— school sixth form1%17%34%
— sixth form college42%33%13%
— further education college36%23%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%7%3%
Employment3%4%3%
No sustained destination14%11%6%
Destination unknown2%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThe Boulevard AcademyKingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)39.640.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%55%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects77%37%41%
EBacc average point score3.843.524.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort44%33%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.533.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils43.744.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language58%15%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language11798%89%16%20%60%
Mathematics11798%88%13%22%57%
English Literature11697%86%17%21%62%
Combined Science10083%65%3%9%37%
Spanish8873%19%7%27%47%
Geography6151%41%7%25%48%
History5546%41%16%26%58%
Fine Art3428%9%3%28%26%
Physics1916%23%26%46%95%
Chemistry1916%23%21%47%95%
Biology1916%23%26%45%95%
Computer Science1311%13%15%30%77%
Photography108%6%0%19%20%
Polish98%1%78%84%89%
Arabic33%1%47%
Russian22%0%87%
Persian22%0%77%
Turkish11%0%71%
Italian11%0%53%
French11%18%29%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports / Movement Science31
Hospitality / Catering Studies17
Computer Appreciation / Introduction16

Other secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of

Kelvin Hall School

Academy converter · 1,593 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2

Liberty Academy

Academy sponsor led · 1,199 pupils

71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 29.2

Lift Kingswood

Academy sponsor led · 1,592 pupils

73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.0

Malet Lambert

Academy converter · 1,648 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.