2018 the school was rated as 'requires improvement' by Ofsted. Inspectors acknowledged improvements had been made. Notable former pupils Rosie Jones, comedian and actress Sexual offence prosecutions Between 2006 and 2010 five Headlands School teachers were prosecuted for sexual offences: Ian Blott, art teacher, was jailed in August 2006 for four years after a two-year affair with a girl pupil. Steven Edwards, science teacher, was jailed in February 2007 for four years and nine months for engaging in under-age sex with three girl pupils. Terry Mann, an IT teacher, was given a suspended prison sentence, in January 2008, after pleaded guilty to two charges of making indecent photographs of a child. He had earlier admitted sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl. These incidents occurred after he had moved to Withernsea High School. Lindsey Jane Collett, a 26-year-old teaching assistant, sent a male teenage pupil racy texts and photographs. In August 2008, she was sentenced to a six-month conditional discharge. Christopher Reen, a class supervisor and martial arts teacher, who replaced Lindsey Jane Collett, was jailed for 40 months, in March 2010, after admitting six counts of sexual activity with a 15-year-old female pupil. References Secondary schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire Educational institutions established in 1965 Community schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire Bridlington 1965 establishments in England