Secondary school

Sirius Academy West

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Kingston upon Hull
  • HU4 7JB
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,757 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 85%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 66%66%2016/17: top 79%2017/18: top 69%2018/19: top 58%58% · 2018/192021/22: top 72%2022/23: top 71%2023/24: top 68%2024/25: top 85%No exams

A-level results

#74 of 140 Yorkshire and The Humber sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 838.7 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.32/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber−15.5 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths32.9% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%3/10 Below+12.6 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.32 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.932/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.66 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.072/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber−6 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry34.04 · Yorkshire and The Humber 34.125/10 Middle+21.9 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 47.9 · 270 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 40.8 · 272 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 42.5 · 262 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 44.7 · 232 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 44.1 · 247 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 41.7 · 249 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 42.1 · 238 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 38.7 · 246 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.347.938.7No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 20% · 272 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 23% · 262 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 31% · 232 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 28% · 247 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 30% · 249 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 30.3% · 238 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 32.9% · 246 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%32.9%20%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 13.64 · 6 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.532016/17: 28.6 · 16 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.872017/18: 30.58 · 33 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 30.322018/19: 28.45 · 45 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 31.282021/22: 33.87 · 47 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 36.212022/23: 28.79 · 47 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.532023/24: 36.76 · 33 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.482024/25: 34.04 · 41 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 34.1236.7613.64No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in99.5%
215 of 216 who put it first2014 · 99.6%2026 · 99.5%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st216215
2nd14421
3rd788

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Good
  3. 2014Outstanding
  4. 2018Requires improvement
  5. 2020Ungraded visit
  6. 2022Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

1 weak areas

  • Behaviour and attitudes

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,409
Free school meals (past 6 years)40.1%
First language not English11.1%
SEN support18.0%
EHC plan2.4%
Absence (sessions missed)7.7%
Persistently absent pupils26.1%

Girls 47%Boys 53%

85.4% full · 1,650 places · 95 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.8
Pupils per adult10.7
  • Classroom teachers 64.6
  • Leadership 30.8
  • Teaching assistants 25
  • Other support 40.1

Teachers 95.4 FTE · Whole workforce 160.4 · 186 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,554
Spend per pupil£7,949
Staff spend per pupil£6,221
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£890,000in-year balance

Grants £8,455 · self-generated £99 · premises £107 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE CONSTELLATION TRUST (10 academies) · trust reserve £4,319,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

238 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86.6%
  • Education78.2%
  • Apprenticeship6.3%
  • Employment2.1%
  • Not sustained9.7%
  • Unknown3.8%

After sixth form (16–18)

50 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained84%
  • Education54%
  • Higher education46%
  • Apprenticeship8%
  • Employment22%
  • Not sustained14%
  • Unknown2%