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Best secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire

17 of 17 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all East Riding of Yorkshire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 1 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Goole Academy Goole 0.5 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College North Ferriby 0.38 Good declining about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Woldgate School and Sixth Form College York hidden gem 0.35 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 The Snaith School Goole 0.21 Good about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Beverley High School Beverley 0.14 Outstanding improving about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Beverley Grammar School Beverley 0.13 Outstanding about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Cottingham High School Cottingham hidden gem 0.09 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 The Market Weighton School Market Weighton 0.0 Good improving about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Driffield School and Sixth Form Driffield hidden gem -0.2 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Longcroft School and Sixth Form College Beverley hidden gem -0.22 Good improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College Hull hidden gem -0.26 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Holderness Academy Hull -0.27 Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Hornsea School and Language College Hornsea hidden gem -0.34 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Headlands School Bridlington -0.35 Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Withernsea High School Withernsea -0.38 Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Howden School Goole -0.52 Not judged about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Bridlington School Bridlington hidden gem -0.96 Good improving about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Applying in East Riding of Yorkshire

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