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Secondary school in Hull, Kingston upon Hull, City of

Ron Dearing UTC

Kingston Square, Hull, HU2 8BQ

Sixth form Full
01482222299

Ofsted

Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 8 May 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

49 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

53% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

77% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.4 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

0% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.10confidence interval -0.10 to 0.30

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as supp.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
B-
Average points per entry
36.4

England average 32.3

A level students
104

Pupils

Pupils on roll
884
Places
800
How full
Full — 884 pupils against 800 places
Girls / boys
283 / 601
Overall absence
3%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
3%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
15%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
8%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
3%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
95%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
81%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
10%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
68%
No sustained destination
2%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
162

After sixth form

Went to university
28%

England 50%

In education, work or training
94%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
39%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
160

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

10% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
31%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
139

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Kingston upon Hull 029F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
36%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
18%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
16%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
29%

England 17%

Households with no car
54%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
36%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
University technical college
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 14–19
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
THE RON DEARING UTC
Headteacher
Headteacher: Sarah Pashley
Ward
St Andrew's & Docklands
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
URN
144766

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Hull Trinity House AcademyAcademy converter No grade 47 0.7 mi
Hymers CollegeOther independent school No grade 1.1 mi
The Boulevard AcademyFree schools No grade 39.6 1.5 mi
Malet LambertAcademy converter Good 2023 41.9 2.1 mi
St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic AcademyAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 54.9 2.2 mi
Newland School for GirlsAcademy converter No grade 44.2 2.2 mi
Kelvin Hall SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 42.2 2.3 mi
Liberty AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 29.2 2.4 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Richard Lander SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 51
The Stonehenge SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 37.4
Welland Park AcademyAcademy converter No grade 53.2
Westfield AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 44.5
Hungerhill SchoolAcademy converter No grade 49.2
Atam AcademyFree schools Good 2024 57.2
Our Lady's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2022 50
Parkside Community CollegeAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 63.5

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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