Withernsea High School
About the school
Withernsea High School is an open secondary school in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 29 April 2025
- Published
- 9 June 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 38.9
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- 44.9
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 24.40%
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- 42.60%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 46.30%
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- 63.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 30.10%
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- 37.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.41
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- 3.99
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
731
Girls
45.28%
Boys
54.72%
SEN support
15.73%
Education, health and care plan
8.89%
English as an additional language
1.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
40.63%
Overall absence
8.68
Persistent absence
28.14
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
142
Sustained education or employment
92%
Education
82%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
5%
Not sustained
6%