Editing Kingston upon Hull (section)

==Education==
{{See also|Education in Kingston upon Hull|List of schools in Hull}}

===Higher education===

====University of Hull====
[[File:Cottingham Road, Kingston upon Hull (geograph 3804127).jpg|thumb|The Esk Building at the [[University of Hull]] campus on Cottingham Road]]
Kingston upon Hull is home to the [[University of Hull]], which was founded in 1927<ref>{{cite web
 |url = https://www.hull.ac.uk/choose-hull/university-and-region/about-us/about-the-university-of-hull.aspx
 |title = About the University of Hull
 |publisher = University of Hull
 |access-date = 22 October 2018}}</ref> and received its Royal Charter in 1954. It now has a total student population of around 20,000 across its main campuses in Hull and [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www2.hull.ac.uk/theuniversity/facts.aspx
 |title       = Facts and Figures
 |access-date  = 16 June 2010
 |publisher   = University of Hull
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100213091256/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/theuniversity/facts.aspx
 |archive-date = 13 February 2010
}}
</ref> The main University campus is in North Hull, on Cottingham Road. Notable alumni include former Deputy Prime Minister [[John Prescott]], social scientist Lord [[Anthony Giddens]], ''[[Woman's Hour]]'' presenter and writer [[Jenni Murray]], Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford and co-developer of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Dame [[Sarah Gilbert]], Nobel Prize laureate and Professor of Economics at [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]] [[Guido Imbens]], and the Oscar winning film director [[Anthony Minghella]]. The University of Hull is a partner in the new University Centre of the [[Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education]] (GIFE) being built in Grimsby, North Lincolnshire.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.grimsby.ac.uk/UC-Build/ 
 |title = University Centre 
 |access-date = 19 June 2010 |publisher = GIFHE 
 |date = 2006–2008 
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100424003000/http://www.grimsby.ac.uk/UC-Build/ 
 |archive-date = 24 April 2010
 |url-status = dead 
}}
</ref>

====University of Lincoln====
The [[University of Lincoln]] grew out of the University of Humberside, a former [[polytechnic (United Kingdom)|polytechnic]] based in Hull. In the 1990s the focus of the institution moved to nearby [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]] and the administrative headquarters and management moved in 2001.<ref name="u_of_l">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/about/history.htm
 |title =  History of the University
 |access-date = 26 February 2013
 |year = 2007
 |publisher = The University of Lincoln
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100201090928/http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/about/history.htm
 |archive-date = 1 February 2010}}
</ref> The University of Lincoln has retained a campus in George Street in Hull city centre whilst Hull University purchased the adjacent University of Lincoln campus site on Cottingham Road.<ref name="u_of_l_campuses">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/locations/index.htm
 |title = Campuses
 |access-date = 7 October 2007
 |year = 2007
 |publisher = The University of Lincoln
 |archive-date = 6 October 2007
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071006210855/http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/locations/index.htm
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>

===Specialist===
[[Hull York Medical School]] is a joint venture between the University of Hull and the [[University of York]]. It first admitted students in 2003 as a part of the British government's attempts to train more doctors.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.hyms.ac.uk/about/
 |title       = About HYMS
 |access-date  = 5 October 2007
 |publisher   = The Hull York Medical School
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071006005724/http://www.hyms.ac.uk/about/
 |archive-date = 6 October 2007
}}
</ref>

The Northern Academy of Performing Arts<ref>{{cite web
 | url = https://www.northernacademy.org.uk/all-about-napa/
 | title = NAPA's vision, mission and values….
 | date = 10 October 2019
 | publisher = The Northern Academy of Performing Arts
 | accessdate = 15 October 2024}}</ref> and Northern Theatre School<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.northerntheatreschool.co.uk/index.php?page_id=3
 |title       = Northern Theatre School
 |access-date  = 15 January 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120119041721/http://www.northerntheatreschool.co.uk/index.php?page_id=3
 |archive-date = 19 January 2012
}}
</ref> both provide education in musical theatre, performance and dance.

The [[Hull School of Art]], founded in 1861, is regarded nationally and internationally for its excellence as a specialist creative centre for higher education.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.artdesignhull.ac.uk/school/ 
 |title = Welcome to the Hull School of Art & Design 
 |access-date = 14 January 2010 |publisher = Hull School of Art and Design 
 |url-status = dead 
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100903113031/http://www.artdesignhull.ac.uk/school/ 
 |archive-date = 3 September 2010 }}
</ref>

===Colleges===
[[File:Saltshouse Road, Kingston upon Hull (geograph 6365959).jpg|thumb|[[Wilberforce College]]]]
There is a [[further education]] college, [[Hull College]],<ref name="hull_college">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/
 |title = Welcome to the Hull College
 |access-date = 7 October 2007
 |year = 2006
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071006115644/http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/
 |archive-date = 6 October 2007
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> and two large [[sixth form college]]s, [[Wyke College]]<ref name="wyke_college">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.wyke.ac.uk/about-wyke
 |title = About Us
 |access-date = 28 November 2009
 |year = 2009
 |publisher = Wyke Sixth Form College
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100131005611/http://www.wyke.ac.uk/about-wyke
 |archive-date = 31 January 2010
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> and [[Wilberforce College]].<ref name="wilberforce_college">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.wilberforce.ac.uk/
 |title = Wilberforce Sixth Form College
 |access-date = 7 October 2007
 |year = 2007
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071009140817/http://www.wilberforce.ac.uk/
 |archive-date = 9 October 2007
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> [[East Riding College]] operates a small adult education campus in the city,<ref name="East Riding College">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.eastridingcollege.ac.uk/
 |title = East Riding College
 |access-date = 10 March 2010
 |year = 2010}}
</ref> and [[Endeavour Learning and Skills Centre]] is an [[adult education]] provision operated by [[HCC Training|Hull Training & Adult Education]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url        = https://www.hcctraining.ac.uk/contact-us/
 |title      = Contact Us
 |date = 16 June 2017
 |publisher  = Hull Training & Adult Education
 |access-date = 23 May 2019
}}</ref>

===Schools===
Hull has over [[List of schools in Hull|100 local schools]]; of these, Hull City Council supports 14 secondary and 71 primary schools.<ref name="hcc_schools">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,52617&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |title        = Hull City Council: Education and Learning: Schools
 |access-date   = 7 October 2007
 |year         = 2007
 |publisher    = Hull City Council
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825162813/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,52617&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |archive-date  = 25 August 2007
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref> The highest achieving state school in Hull is [[Malet Lambert School]],<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.maletlambert.co.uk
 |title = Malet Lambert
 |publisher = Malet Lambert
 |access-date = 8 January 2012
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130723022231/http://www.maletlambert.co.uk/
 |archive-date = 23 July 2013
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> Schools which are independent of the City Council include [[Hymers College]]<ref name="hymers">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hymers.hull.sch.uk/
 |title = Welcome to Hymers College: Hull's Premier School
 |access-date = 7 October 2007
 |year = 2007
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071007060455/http://www.hymers.hull.sch.uk/
 |archive-date = 7 October 2007
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> and [[Tranby School]]. The latter, which is run by the United Church Schools Trust, was formed by the merging of Hull Grammar School and Hull High School.<ref name="hcs">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hullcollegiateschool.co.uk/index.php?/home
 |title = Hull Collegiate School: Home
 |access-date = 7 October 2007
 |year = 2007
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071112033324/http://www.hullcollegiateschool.co.uk/index.php?%2Fhome
 |archive-date = 12 November 2007
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> [[Hull Trinity House Academy]] has been offering pre-sea training to prospective mariners since 1787,<ref name="trinity_house_school">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hulltrinity.net/homedir/history.htm 
 |title = History 
 |access-date = 7 October 2007 |year = 2005 
 |publisher = Hull Trinity House School 
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071017061410/http://hulltrinity.net/homedir/history.htm 
 |archive-date = 17 October 2007
 |url-status = dead 
}}</ref> which was a boys only school until September 2022, when it began to admit girls.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-62914858|title=Hull Trinity House Academy: School admits girls for first time in 235 years|date=15 September 2022|work=BBC News|accessdate=14 October 2024}}</ref> This left [[Newland School for Girls]] the only single-sex school in the city.

The city has had a poor examination success rate for many years and is often at the bottom of government GCSE league tables.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/features/224913.stm
 |title = Education – A measure of success
 |access-date = 24 October 2007
 |date = 10 December 1998
 |work = BBC News }}
</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news?articleid=2088929
 |title = City's poor school results bring renewed pressure for change
 |access-date = 4 November 2007
 |date = 1 March 2006
 |work = The Yorkshire Post
 |location = Leeds}}</ref>
In 2007 the city moved off the bottom of these tables for pupils who achieve five A* to C grades, including English and Maths, at [[General Certificate of Secondary Education]] by just one place when it came 149th out of 150 local education authorities. However, the improvement rate of 4.1 per cent, from 25.9 per cent in 2006 to 30 per cent in summer 2007, was among the best in the country.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/schools/Results-are-39step-in-right.3658288.jp
 |title = Results are 'step in right direction' for Hull
 |date = 10 January 2008
 |access-date = 23 January 2008
 |work = The Yorkshire Post
 | location = Leeds}}
</ref>
They returned to the bottom of the table in 2008 when 29.3 per cent achieved five A* to C grades which is well below the national average of 47.2 per cent.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7673891.stm
 |title = City bottom of GCSE league tables
 |access-date = 17 October 2008
 |date = 16 October 2008
 |work = BBC News }}
</ref> There are insufficient places in referral units for school children with special needs or challenging behaviour due to squeezed budgets and cuts to children's services.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/22/hull-schools-at-breaking-point-over-special-educational-needs
 |title = Hull schools at 'breaking point' over special educational needs
 |work = [[The Guardian]]
 |access-date = 22 March 2018}}</ref>