Kirton Academy

Academy converter · Secondary school · Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire
DN21 4NN
Composite score
45.9

Kirton Academy at a glance

Located in Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire, Kirton Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as an academy converter. The school educates roughly 394 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Inadequate' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 36.7 — below the national average (national average: 46). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

19% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 50% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% 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. If you are considering Kirton Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.

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#2,878
National rank
#272
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#14
In North Lincolnshire
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
36.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
19%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
50%
% EBacc grade 5+
3%
EBacc average points score
3.14

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 394 % FSM ever-6 47.0% % EAL 3.0% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed

Location

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