Howden is a small 11-16 school serving its community in the East Riding, with just over 700 students on roll. As part of The Consortium Academy Trust, we are ambitious about the future – creating learning environments and excellence in teaching and learning that provide our children and young people with the best chance at a successful future.
At Howden we set and maintain high standards and expectations in terms of teaching, aspirations, behaviour and appearance. We believe that all young people have a right to a high-quality educational experience, which provides the appropriate conditions for learning and helps them to achieve their full potential.
Mrs Tester, Headteacher


Another week brings more football fixtures; Monday - u13s vs Queen Ethelburgas at home in the English Schools National Cup Also Monday - y7 and y9 boys away vs Snaith in a friendly fixture Good luck to all players involved
🚨 SCHOOL TRIP UPDATE 🚨 We're down to the final FOUR places for our Year 11 GCSE Poetry Event in January to help students prepare for their English Literature exams. Secure your child's place on Arbor as soon as you can, places are available to the whole year group are first come, first served.
👏 A huge well done to the 30 students who successfully completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Assessment Expedition over the last two weekends! 🏕🥾 All students demonstrated fantastic resilience, determination and teamwork throughout. You should all be incredibly proud of your achievements! 🌟👏
Celebrating our Maths stars of the week
🌟 Happy Friday English Stars! 🌟
🚨 School Trip Update 🚨 We have just 10 places remaining for our Year 11 GCSE Poetry Live trip heading to York Barbican in January. Places are first come, first served and open to the whole of the year group so don't delay! Secure your child's place via Arbor.
Congratulations Mr Gardiner! This year's Founding Volunteer Winner at the 2026 Time2Volunteer Awards in recognition for the conception and creation of A Shining Light 🏆
A mixed set of results tonight as the y7 and y8 boys football teams played a friendly fixture vs Woldgate The y7 team won 3-1 with goals scored by Riley B (2) and Elliott S The y8 team lost 5-2 despite 2 goals from Leo R. A great effort by all the boys and nice to see some new faces playing for the school teams tonight
Another brilliant turn out at English revision tonight! Well done Y11!
All stands are set up ready to welcome everyone to our Careers Fair. All students and parents welcome from 3pm to 6.30pm