Hymers College A GSG School
- Hymers College
Hymers Avenue
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU3 1LW - Head: Mr Justin Stanley
- T 01482 343555
- F 01482 472854
- E enquiries@hymers.org
- W www.hymerscollege.co.uk/
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kingston Upon Hull
- Pupils: 748; sixth formers: 156
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £14,205 pa
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Hymers Hessle Mount, Hymers College Junior School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
A traditional academic curriculum as befits the selective intake. However the school is responding sensibly to the changing nature of student expectations, with developments that the staff buy into and which have been welcomed by students and parents. New A levels, for instance, in…
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2019, Justin Stanley (40s). Affable and immediately engaging. Himself an 11+ scholarship boy at Stamford he identifies readily with the students and community served by Hymers. A classicist with his degree from Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he also captained rugby and gained his PGCE. Two stints at Manchester Grammar with Nottingham Boys High in between led to deputy headship at Hereford Cathedral School before moving on to Hymers which he describes as ‘the dream job’.
College is viewed as Hull’s academic school and certainly still carries a little of its legacy as a boys’ school. Head is clear that high standards are essential but hopes he has 'softened the ivory tower image’ that historically characterised the school. Our conversations with pupils and parents suggest that is indeed the case and...
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