- Hymers opened as a boys’ school in 1893 using funds provided in the will of the Rev Dr John Hymers for the creation of a school in Hull “for the training of intelligence in whatever social rank of life it may be found”. It welcomed girls in 1989.
- In 2025, 54 per cent of all A-level grades awarded were A*-A, and 77 per cent of grades were A*-B. Alongside traditional A-level subjects, pupils can study a BTec in sport.
- Hymers Futures is a programme tailored to each pupil to help prepare them for their lives beyond school, whether they choose to follow creative, humanities, medical, sporting or Stem pathways. It offers tutoring, extra qualifications and the chance to build a portfolio of additional skills.
- The school offers a bursary scheme for pupils entering the school in Years 7 and 12 and whose family income is less than £61,500 a year.
- Former pupils include the journalist Simon Hoggart and the airman John Fancy, a serial escaper from Second World War prisoner of war camps whose actions inspired the film The Great Escape.
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