Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry231 applications · 186 places offered · 162 named it first
- 2026 1.2; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.6
- 2025 1.5; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.2; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.6
- 2023 1.3; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.5
- 2022 1.6; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.2; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.3; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.4; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.4; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.5
- 2016 1.6; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2015 1.7; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.6; North East Lincolnshire median median 2.0
- This school
- North East Lincolnshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 186 | 231 | 1.2 | 162 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 153 | 228 | 1.5 | 143 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 191 | 226 | 1.2 | 160 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2023 | 175 | 223 | 1.3 | 145 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 158 | 256 | 1.6 | 145 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 203 | 252 | 1.2 | 130 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2020 | 163 | 218 | 1.3 | 133 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 | 141 | 215 | 1.5 | 135 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 161 | 224 | 1.4 | 147 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 200 | 280 | 1.4 | 197 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 191 | 312 | 1.6 | 183 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 200 | 346 | 1.7 | 209 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2014 | 186 | 300 | 1.6 | 201 | 1.08 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 163 | 37.3 | 26% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 147 | 40.8 | 34% | 57% | – |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 36.4 | 26% | 48% | −0.36 |
| 2022/23 | 177 | 35.3 | 21% | 46% | −0.68 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Havelock AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.2applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · North East LincolnshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · North East LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · North East LincolnshireRemains Good20231.7applications per place 35.6Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · North East LincolnshireGood20221.6applications per place 30.9Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · North East LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · North East LincolnshireGood20231.5applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · North East LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · North East LincolnshireGood20241.8applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135294 · 812/6907
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,100 pupils · 862 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2007
- Replaced
- Havelock School (URN 118065)
- Address
- Holyoake Road, Grimsby, DN32 8JH
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources