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Haven High Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,229Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 138754URN

Marian Road, Boston, PE21 9HB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.4 below Lincolnshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective

266 applications for 179 places · 45th of 52 in Lincolnshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
32.6of 90
51st of 54 in Lincolnshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 20 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 9 July 2024
    Graded inspection: Inadequate

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
0.4 below Lincolnshire median (1.9) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

266 applications · 179 places offered · 128 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261792661.51280.72
Sep 20252532651.11430.57
Sep 20242393511.51850.77
Sep 20232454391.82661.09
Sep 20222695231.93571.33
Sep 20212924951.73121.07
Sep 20203174701.53000.95
Sep 20192833741.32420.86
Sep 20182502911.21660.66
Sep 20171802911.61630.91
Sep 20162042921.41970.97
Sep 20151882621.41740.93
Sep 20141842561.41710.93

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

248 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)32.651st of 54 in Lincolnshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths20%48th of 54 in Lincolnshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths39%
  • This school
  • Lincolnshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.65
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24832.620%39%–
2024/2526631.712%36%–
2023/2426031.316%34%−0.65
2022/2324233.115%34%−0.39

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

  • 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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138754 · 925/4072
Trust
Voyage Education Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,275 pupils · 1,229 on roll
Free school meals
40.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Haven High Technology College (URN 120660); Saint Bede's Catholic Science College (URN 120666)
Address
Marian Road, Boston, PE21 9HB
Local authority
Lincolnshire · Boston

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