Headlands School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D46
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bridlington, YO16 6UR
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Bridlington School
Bessingby Road, Bridlington, YO16 4QU
Local ranking18th of 18 secondary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1249
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 April 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 154
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 75.0%
- Higher education
- 50.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
26.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
28
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 76
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 952
- Boys
- 476 (54%)
- Girls
- 405 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1249 (71% full)
- SEND
- 23.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.7%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.0%
- SEN Support
- 16.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,740/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.3%
- White Other: 9.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- White Irish: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
84.3%
White British
9.8%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bessingby Road
Bridlington, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 118111
- UKPRN
- 10000879
- Establishment No.
- 4500
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