Academy converter · North East Lincolnshire

Waltham Toll Bar Academy

11–18Ages
1,611Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
136268URN

Station Road, New Waltham, Grimsby, DN36 4RZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

close to North East Lincolnshire median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire

417 applications for 275 places · 8th of 10 in North East Lincolnshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

47.6of 90

North East Lincolnshire 39.1 England 46.0

4th of 10 in North East Lincolnshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 18 October 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

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

1.5applications per place, Year 7

close to North East Lincolnshire median (1.6) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

417 applications · 275 places offered · 238 named it first

2026 1.5; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.6
2025 1.7; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.8
2024 1.5; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.6
2023 1.4; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.5
2022 1.7; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.9
2021 1.6; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.9
2020 1.6; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.7
2019 1.6; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.6
2018 1.7; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.7
2017 1.6; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.5
2016 1.8; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.7
2015 1.8; North East Lincolnshire median median 1.8
2014 1.8; 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	275	417	1.5	238	0.87
Sep 2025	254	423	1.7	248	0.98
Sep 2024	249	384	1.5	217	0.87
Sep 2023	309	425	1.4	249	0.81
Sep 2022	319	538	1.7	279	0.87
Sep 2021	335	532	1.6	276	0.82
Sep 2020	343	559	1.6	285	0.83
Sep 2019	358	574	1.6	299	0.84
Sep 2018	364	605	1.7	315	0.87
Sep 2017	369	599	1.6	354	0.96
Sep 2016	400	700	1.8	378	0.95
Sep 2015	353	626	1.8	340	0.96
Sep 2014	367	650	1.8	303	0.83

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

312 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.64th of 10 in North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire 39.1 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%2nd of 10 in North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire 28% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%

North East Lincolnshire 52% England 66%

This school
North East Lincolnshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.19

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	312	47.6	51%	71%	–
2024/25	331	45.8	46%	69%	–
2023/24	375	46.5	43%	67%	−0.19
2022/23	339	47.2	38%	66%	−0.03

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

Waltham Toll Bar AcademyThis school
This school

Good2023

1.5applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
Oasis Academy Wintringham
3.1 km · North East Lincolnshire

Remains Good2023

1.7applications per place 35.6Attainment 8
Humberston Academy
3.4 km · North East Lincolnshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.4applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
Beacon Academy
3.8 km · North East Lincolnshire

Serious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade2025

2.1applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
Cleethorpes Academy
4.0 km · North East Lincolnshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.2applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
Ormiston Maritime Academy
4.1 km · North East Lincolnshire

Good2022

1.6applications per place 30.9Attainment 8
Havelock Academy
4.7 km · North East Lincolnshire

Good2023

1.2applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
John Whitgift Academy
6.6 km · North East Lincolnshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
Healing Academy
8.2 km · North East Lincolnshire

Good2024

1.8applications per place 48.1Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136268 · 812/4078
Trust: Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 2,355 pupils · 1,611 on roll
Free school meals: 18.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2010
Replaced: Tollbar Business and Enterprise College (URN 118091)
Address: Station Road, New Waltham, Grimsby, DN36 4RZ
Local authority: North East Lincolnshire

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