The Boulevard Academy

Kingston upon Hull, City of · HU3 3QT

General information Secondary School · 11-16 years Who goes here 859 pupils, 54.5% FSM

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The Boulevard Academy

General Information

Address: Massey Close, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU3 3QT – View on map
Phone: 01482217898
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Steven Fenna
Age range: 11-16 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 117 families put it first for 171 places – 7 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 6 · 2024 6 · 2025 8 · 2026 7
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

859 pupils out of 720 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 468
% eligible for free school meals: 54.5%
Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Kingston upon Hull, City of average)
English as an additional language: 46% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 12.5% a year (Kingston upon Hull, City of 13.9%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 52% moved to another school, 48% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

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Across Kingston upon Hull, City of: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 36 (2.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 27 (1.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 21 (1.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 9.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 31.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

SEN unit for Social, emotional and mental health 10 places · 8 pupils at the last count
Resourced provision for Social, emotional and mental health 15 places · 15 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 20.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 47 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 28 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 27 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 24 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 21 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Attainment 8 score: 39.6
Compared with the area: 1.8 points below the Kingston upon Hull, City of average (41.4)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (−6.4 points against an expected 46.0)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 48% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 57%, England 65%) Falling
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolKingston upon Hull, City of averageEngland↘ Falling Down 2.3 points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 1.8 points below the Kingston upon Hull, City of average (41.4).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

9th of 13 secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for Attainment 8

#7Malet Lambert41.9
#8The Marvell College40.6
#9The Boulevard Academy39.6
#10Sirius Academy West38.7
#11Sirius Academy North37.8

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1Lift Kingswood55.0
#2St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy54.9
#3Ron Dearing UTC49.0
#4Hull Trinity House Academy47.0
#5Newland School for Girls44.2
#6Kelvin Hall School42.2
#7Malet Lambert41.9
#8The Marvell College40.6
#9The Boulevard Academy39.6
#10Sirius Academy West38.7
#11Sirius Academy North37.8
#12Winifred Holtby Academy36.4
#13Liberty Academy29.2

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 84.0%
Went into further education: 80.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Science Double Award
Spanish
Geography
History
Art & Design
Chemistry (General)
Biology
Physics (General)
Computer Science
Photography
Polish
Arabic
Russian
Persian Language
Italian
Turkish
French Language

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,982 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

8th of 13 secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of for spending per pupil

#6Hull Trinity House Academy£8,203
#7St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy£8,202
#8The Boulevard Academy£7,982
#9Sirius Academy West£7,949
#10Lift Kingswood£7,555

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1The Marvell College£9,041
#2Winifred Holtby Academy£8,989
#3Ron Dearing UTC£8,897
#4Sirius Academy North£8,885
#5Liberty Academy£8,638
#6Hull Trinity House Academy£8,203
#7St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy£8,202
#8The Boulevard Academy£7,982
#9Sirius Academy West£7,949
#10Lift Kingswood£7,555
#11Newland School for Girls£7,467
#12Malet Lambert£7,177
#13Kelvin Hall School£7,106

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Kingston upon Hull, City of: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered