Academy sponsor led · Lincolnshire

Skegness Academy

11–19Ages
939Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
136217URN

Burgh Road, Skegness, PE25 2QH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

0.6 below Lincolnshire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective

195 applications for 145 places · 50th of 52 in Lincolnshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

31.2of 90

Lincolnshire 41.8 England 46.0

52nd of 54 in Lincolnshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 6 December 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Sixth form provision	Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

1.3applications per place, Year 7

0.6 below Lincolnshire median (1.9) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

195 applications · 145 places offered · 91 named it first

2026 1.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
2025 1.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
2024 1.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
2023 1.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
2022 1.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
2021 1.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
2020 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
2019 0.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
2018 0.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
2017 1.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
2016 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
2015 1.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
2014 1.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Lincolnshire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
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	145	195	1.3	91	0.63
Sep 2025	176	203	1.2	121	0.69
Sep 2024	161	178	1.1	116	0.72
Sep 2023	164	202	1.2	130	0.79
Sep 2022	200	245	1.2	169	0.85
Sep 2021	170	196	1.2	131	0.77
Sep 2020	137	187	1.4	116	0.85
Sep 2019	176	153	0.9	91	0.52
Sep 2018	133	120	0.9	73	0.55
Sep 2017	168	191	1.1	121	0.72
Sep 2016	169	230	1.4	154	0.91
Sep 2015	185	234	1.3	164	0.89
Sep 2014	209	261	1.3	185	0.89

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

169 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)31.252nd of 54 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire 41.8 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths10%52nd of 54 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire 32% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths29%

Lincolnshire 58% England 66%

This school
Lincolnshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.64

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	169	31.2	10%	29%	–
2024/25	148	30.7	5%	30%	–
2023/24	190	28.4	10%	29%	−0.64
2022/23	149	32.8	11%	31%	−0.57

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

Skegness AcademyThis school
This school

Requires improvement2023

1.3applications per place 31.2Attainment 8
Skegness Grammar School
0.3 km · Lincolnshire

2026

2.8applications per place 54.0Attainment 8 Selective
John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College
15.5 km · Lincolnshire

Good2022

2.0applications per place 33.3Attainment 8
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy
16.0 km · Lincolnshire

2026

2.9applications per place 59.9Attainment 8 Selective
King Edward VI Academy
16.2 km · Lincolnshire

Good2023

1.8applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
Giles Academy
20.6 km · Lincolnshire

Good2023

2.5applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
William Lovell Church of England Academy
22.9 km · Lincolnshire

Requires significant improvement 2026

2.1applications per place 28.3Attainment 8
Smithdon High School
26.4 km · Norfolk

Good2023

1.3applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
Boston High School
29.2 km · Lincolnshire

Remains Good2024

2.0applications per place 56.6Attainment 8 Selective

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136217 · 925/6911
Trust: Greenwood Academies Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,340 pupils · 939 on roll
Free school meals: 66.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2010
Replaced: St Clements College (URN 134615); The Skegness Earl of Scarbrough High School (URN 120656)
Address: Burgh Road, Skegness, PE25 2QH
Local authority: Lincolnshire · East Lindsey

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources