Kelvin Hall School

Kelvin Hall School has been deemed to be performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected domains. The school provides a supportive and respectful environment where pupils feel safe and can engage in learning. The curriculum is mostly well-organized, and while most students are achieving well, certain groups, such as those eligible for free school meals and the most able, are not progressing as expected. The school has a dedicated provision for students with special educational needs and disabilities, ensuring inclusivity within mainstream classes.

Strengths

• Strong personal development programs that prepare students for life beyond school.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, tailored to their needs.
• High expectations for behavior and mutual respect among staff and pupils.
• Innovative approaches to improve attendance through well-being initiatives.
• A curriculum that includes a rich variety of activities beyond academic subjects.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum areas lack continuity, impacting pupils' depth of knowledge.
• Disadvantaged pupils and the most able do not always achieve as well as expected.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Kelvin Hall School attended 89.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 28.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.9% of pupils at Kelvin Hall School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Kelvin Hall School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.3% of pupils at Kelvin Hall School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Kelvin Hall School received £8,284 and spent £7,924 for each of its 1,622 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,322,000 (£815 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Thrive Co-Operative Learning Trust, income was £8,330 and spending £7,876 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Kelvin Hall School is part of Thrive Co-Operative Learning Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Priory Primary School Hull
• Newland School for Girls Hull
• Sidmouth Primary School Hull
• Stepney Primary School Hull
• St George's Primary School Hull
• The Boulevard Academy Kingston-Upon-Hull
• Chiltern Primary School Hull
• Ings Primary School Hull
• Oldfleet Primary School Hull

What is Kelvin Hall School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kelvin Hall School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Kelvin Hall School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kelvin Hall School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Kelvin Hall School have?

Kelvin Hall School has 1,593 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kelvin Hall School cover?

Kelvin Hall School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Kelvin Hall School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.9, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Kelvin Hall School?

Kelvin Hall School is at Bricknell Avenue, Hull, HU5 4QH.