Kelvin Hall School

State school · Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formKingston upon Hull, City of, Hull HU5school website

Three in four Year 11 leavers stay in education, below the England rate; most to a sixth form college (43%).

Where this school leads
74%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Kingston upon Hull, City of 75% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Kelvin Hall School: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 54%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 46%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 37%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 34%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 37%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 4%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 17%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 19%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 43%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Good
Places
—
Pupils
1,593
Free school meals
35.2%

Ofsted: Full inspection, 23 January 2024 · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Kingston upon Hull, City of’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 1,615 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kelvin Hall School (URN 118103, until 1 September 2016).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

74%stayed in education after Year 11
This school74%
Kingston upon Hull, City of75%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 272 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Kelvin Hall School has no sixth form. Of the 272 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 43% moved to a sixth form college, 25% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureKelvin Hall SchoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Pupils in the cohort2722,997607,348
Any sustained destination84%85%92%
Stayed in education74%75%86%
— school sixth form6%17%34%
— sixth form college43%33%13%
— further education college25%23%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship6%7%3%
Employment3%4%3%
No sustained destination13%11%6%
Destination unknown4%4%3%
GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

42.2Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school42.2
Kingston upon Hull, City of40.4
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 313 pupils in Year 11

28% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 34.1 — in line with disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

38% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Kingston upon Hull, City of 37%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureKelvin Hall SchoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)42.240.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%55%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects54%37%41%
EBacc average point score3.753.524.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort28%33%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.133.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.344.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language8%15%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

63.05%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Statistics stands out at GCSE — 95% of the year group took it, against 5% across England.

Language & Communication54%
Mathematics & Statistics46%
Green & Sustainability43%
Health & Safety37%
Natural Sciences37%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects28

Entries 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
Mathematics31199%88%9%22%70%
English Language31199%89%9%20%62%
English Literature30296%86%14%21%66%
Statistics29795%5%3%20%58%
Combined Science25281%65%4%9%60%
History16252%41%11%26%43%
Geography13944%41%11%25%42%
Spanish9129%19%5%27%60%
French7825%18%8%29%56%
Photography5016%6%48%19%92%
Biology4815%23%58%45%96%
Physics4715%23%55%46%98%
Chemistry4514%23%44%47%100%
Drama3912%7%18%27%79%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3511%8%23%21%74%
Design and Technology3411%11%3%23%12%
Fine Art3311%9%30%28%85%
Sociology3010%4%23%21%90%
Computer Science237%13%17%30%74%
Art and Design196%7%16%24%84%
Religious Studies144%31%21%32%86%
Music72%5%29%33%71%
Polish21%1%—84%—
Persian21%0%—77%—
Russian21%0%—87%—
Citizenship Studies21%3%—19%—
Turkish10%0%—71%—
Chinese10%1%—75%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications12
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Tourism67——
Sports Studies65——
Small Business Management47——
Childcare Skills44——
Computer Appreciation / Introduction40——
Health Studies32——
Dance: General24——
Computer Appreciation / Introduction17——
Sports / Movement Science16——
Music performance: Group6——
Music performance: Group2——
Music performance: Group1——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication64%
Green & Sustainability53%
Mathematics & Statistics52%
Natural Sciences49%
Health & Safety48%
Engineering & Manufacturing40%
Transversal Skills31%
Arts & Humanities25%
Digital & ICT Skills19%
Social & Cultural Skills9%
Law & Public Administration8%
Business & Administration4%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 15.9percentage 10.8ratio 10.6vocabulary 9.7gradient 8.8translation 8.1equation 7.9power 7.8reflection 7.5bias 7.2particle model 7.0root 7.0grammar 7.0audience 6.7scale 6.3hypothesis 6.3standard form 6.2energy transfer 6.1area 6.1formulae 6.0theoretical probability 5.9evidence 5.9impact 5.8context 5.6

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, area, unit conversion from Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science and 8 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, data interpretation, sampling technique from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 4 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Chemistry, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 5 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data interpretation, data collection, climate change from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 4 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, outlier from Computer Science, English Language, Geography and 5 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 3 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: battery test technician
Improvement technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses pie chart, histogram, performance analysis from Geography, Mathematics, Statistics and 1 more · jobs: health safety and environmental manager , occupational health and safety inspector, health and safety inspector
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses data collection, reliability, bias from Biology, Computer Science, English Language and 5 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Improvement specialistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses prediction, correlation, sample size from Biology, Geography, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: business consultant, environmental engineer, civil engineer
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, measurement, data interpretation from Biology, Design and Technology, Geography and 4 more
Digital and technology solutions professionalLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses conclusion, evaluation, data collection from Biology, Computer Science, English Literature and 5 more · jobs: business analyst, ICT consultant, business economics researcher
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Kelvin Hall School offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Kingston upon Hull, City of’s allocation statistics.

  1. 31 OctApply to Kingston upon Hull, City of in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
Kingston upon Hull, City of

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.