Healing Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire·DN41 7QD
Composite score
63.7
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#796
National rank
#54
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#1
In North East Lincolnshire
Top 25%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
51.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
62%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
82%
% EBacc grade 5+
32%
EBacc average points score
4.83

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
158 first choices, 168 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
296
any preference, for 168 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.9420230.8820240.9620250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Healing 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
778
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
19.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,135
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
98%
186 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
12%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Healing Academy

Healing Academy is a secondary school in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 778 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 51.0 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 3.1 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 25% of secondary schools nationally.

62% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 82% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Healing Academy their first choice was offered one of its 168 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 98% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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