The Boulevard Academy
Free schools secondary school in Kingston-upon-Hull (Kingston upon Hull, City of).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).The Boulevard Academy is a secondary school located in Kingston-upon-Hull, Kingston upon Hull, City of. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 811 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 720. It is part of the THRIVE CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING TRUST. The school is led by Mr Ray Khan.
Enrichment
6 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Book Club
- Choir
- Football
- Netball
- Accelerated Reader
- Metacognition
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 139395
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (9 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Emma Newby | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steve Fenna | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 |
| Miss Emily Sansam | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr David Cheesebrough | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Maria Gill | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Marc Cooper | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Iona Dyson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Kieran Killick | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Helen Harrison Confirmed same person | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2023 | |
| Mr Christopher Leng Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Eileen Maria Battye Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record