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Newland School for Girls

Girls · ages 11–16 · no sixth formKingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and the Humber · Hull HU6 7RUTrust: Thrive Co-Operative Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
610of 750 places
Free school meals
46.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
136
Ofsted
Report card, 10 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Newland School for Girls (URN 118070, until 1 March 2017).

What the data says

Newland School for Girls has no sixth form. Of the 121 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 58% moved to a sixth form college, 16% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 58% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

17% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

French is unusually popular at GCSE: 56% of the year group took it, against 18% 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.

Newland School for Girls
Kingston upon Hull, City of
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureNewland School for GirlsKingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Pupils in the cohort1212,997607,348
Any sustained destination81%85%92%
Stayed in education76%75%86%
— school sixth form2%17%34%
— sixth form college58%33%13%
— further education college16%23%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship2%7%3%
Employment2%4%3%
No sustained destination17%11%6%
Destination unknown2%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureNewland School for GirlsKingston upon Hull, City ofEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)44.240.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%55%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects60%37%41%
EBacc average point score4.063.524.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort43%33%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils42.233.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.844.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language49%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
Mathematics13599%88%21%22%60%
English Language13599%89%16%20%64%
English Literature13499%86%14%21%76%
Combined Science10577%65%6%9%51%
French7656%18%17%29%58%
History6850%41%24%26%66%
Geography5440%41%20%25%46%
Religious Studies2720%31%44%32%81%
Art and Design2720%7%4%24%48%
Physics2418%23%33%46%92%
Biology2418%23%46%45%96%
Chemistry2216%23%36%47%100%
Graphic Communication2216%1%14%23%77%
Photography2015%6%10%19%25%
Textiles1914%2%5%27%32%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1713%8%6%21%65%
Statistics75%5%29%20%100%
Arabic64%1%100%47%100%
Polish32%1%84%
Urdu21%1%42%
Italian21%0%53%
Persian11%0%77%
Chinese11%1%75%
Turkish11%0%71%
Russian11%0%87%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies44
Computer Appreciation / Introduction44
Small Business Management25
Music performance: Group16
Sports Studies14
Dance: General13

Other secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of

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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2

Liberty Academy

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71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 29.2

Lift Kingswood

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73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.0

Malet Lambert

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76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.9

Ron Dearing UTC

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81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.0

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.