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The Boulevard Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Massey Close, Kingston-upon-Hull HU3 3QT · theboulevardacademy.com · 01482 217898
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Kingston upon Hull, City of 40.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 859
- 139 over 720 places · 119%
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 54.5%
- First language not English
- 46.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 117 families put the school first and 171 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 171 | 117 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 172 | 137 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 162 | 91 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 167 | 103 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 167 | 101 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.6, and 33.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kingston upon Hull, City of it was 40.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲76.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.84 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6 | −0.7 |
| Sixth form college | 33.8 | −8.9 |
| Further education | 28.6 | −6.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5 | — |
| Employment | 0.8 | −4.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 18 | +11.3 |
| Activity not captured | 8.3 | +6.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Boulevard Academy on 14 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Oct 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Jun 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective - Jan 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective May 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 23
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied