Editing Kingston upon Hull (section)

===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>