Holderness Academy and Sixth Form College is an English

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, S ...

for pupils aged 11–18.

History

Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire Preston is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately east of Hull city centre it lies just north of the A1033 road on the crossroads between the B1240 ...

, the Holderness Academy and Sixth Form College opened on 1 October 2018.

Operation

The school is a

that teaches students of both genders from ages 11 through 18, with an official

sixth form In the education systems of Barbados, England, Jamaica, Northern Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Wales, and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepa ...

. , the school had 1,101 pupils out of a 1,390 capacity (), 211 of whom were eligible for

free school meals A school meal (whether it is a breakfast, lunch, or evening meal) is a meal provided to students and sometimes teachers at a school, typically in the middle or beginning of the school day. Countries around the world offer various kinds of schoo ...

. The

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was Neal Holder. , the school was governed by a ten-person board (chaired by Mike Kitching). Each served a three-year term, and two were elected by parents. It is sponsored by The Consortium Academy Trust.

Controversy

The school came under criticism in September 2023 after putting a pupil in isolation for wearing the wrong brand of uniform skirt. School policy requires students buy skirts from an official supplier for ; the pupil was instead wearing an identical skirt from a supermarket that cost . The school defended the policy, saying it had been clearly communicated to families.

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* {{authority control 2018 establishments in England academies in the East Riding of Yorkshire educational institutions established in 2018 secondary schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire sixth form colleges in the East Riding of Yorkshire