Havelock Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire·DN32 8JH
Composite score
51.0
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National rank
#230
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#5
In North East Lincolnshire
Top 76%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
56%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
3.62

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
162 first choices, 186 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
231
any preference, for 186 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Havelock Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
911
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
57.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
13.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
16.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
45.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,043
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
86%
177 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Havelock Academy at a glance

Located in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, Havelock Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 911 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 40.8, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 4.4 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 56% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Havelock Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 162 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 86% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 16.1%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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