Liberty AcademyHolderness Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Hull.

Summary of the comparison

Liberty Academy and Holderness Academy are secondary schools in Hull.

  • Liberty Academy scores 24 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Holderness Academy scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). Holderness Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Liberty Academy was judged Requires improvement and Holderness Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 29.2 for Liberty Academy and 43.1 for Holderness Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Liberty Academy (38.2 in 2021-22, 29.2 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Holderness Academy (41.5 in 2021-22, 43.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Liberty Academy versus Holderness Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HullLiberty AcademyHullHolderness AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF24/100C55/100Stronger figure
Local ranking13th of 13 in Hull 12th of 18 in East Riding of Yorkshire
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: GoodStronger figure
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy sponsor led
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,252 990
Capacity1,550 1,390
LocationHull, HU9 5YB Hull, HU12 8UZ
GCSE results
Attainment 829.2 43.1 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths14.9% 38.1% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths35.4% 61.9% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc9.7% 27.3% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score2.36 3.77 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort195 176
A-level results
A-level entries10 20
A-level average points10.0 28.3 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeE C-
Best 3 A-levels pointsNot reported27.9 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjectsNot reported12.5% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,252 990
Free school meals (ever 6)55.3% 22.1%
English as an additional language9.1% 1.9%
SEN support19.3% 7.3%
SEN with an EHC plan2.3% 4.8%
Attendance
Overall absence15.8% 7.1% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence47.1% 19.7% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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