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Havelock Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Holyoake Road, Grimsby DN32 8JH · havelockacademy.co.uk · 01472 602000

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
40.8
average Attainment 8 score. North East Lincolnshire 40.1, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
862
78% of 1,100 places
Local authority
North East Lincolnshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
50.7%
First language not English
17.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The David Ross Education Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 162 families put the school first and 186 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 145 (Places 158)145September 2023: 145 (Places 175)145September 2024: 160 (Places 191)160September 2025: 143 (Places 153)143September 2026: 162 (Places 186)162Places 186
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261861620.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251531430.9100%
September 2024Sept 20241911600.8100%
September 2023Sept 20231751450.8100%
September 2022Sept 20221581450.9100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.8, and 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North East Lincolnshire it was 40.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (23.6 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 42.5 (England 46.3)42.52017/18: 37.6 (England 46.5)37.62018/19: 38.5 (England 46.7)38.52021/22: 38.1 (England 48.8)38.12022/23: 35.3 (England 46.3)35.32023/24: 36.4 (England 45.9)36.42024/25: 40.8 (England 46.0)40.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼40.846.0
▼34.0%45.4%
▼56.5%64.8%
▼32.7%40.5%
▼3.624.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
Sixth form college28.9+13.2
Further education50.7+3.5
Apprenticeship5.3+1.7
Employment3.3+0.3
Not in a lasting destination8.6−5.6
Activity not captured3.3−0.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 17.4 (England 30.5)D-2016/17: 20.6 (England 31.1)D2017/18: 23.4 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 27.1 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 27.7 (England 37.9)C-2022/23: 24.0 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 24.4 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 23.6 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
15 studentsD+ (23.6)Average -0.32
15 studentsD+ (23.6)Average -0.32
20 studentsMerit+ (29.7)Average -0.07
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2434D+ (24.4)-0.26
2022/2323D+ (24)—
2021/2231C- (27.7)—
2018/1919C- (27.1)-0.39
2017/1824D+ (23.4)-0.23
2016/1738D (20.6)-0.15
2015/1671D- (17.4)-0.22

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University47.7−3.6
Further education2.3−0.2
Apprenticeship4.5+1.9
Employment22.7−5.5
Not in a lasting destination15.9+8.2
Activity not captured6.8−0.9

Ofsted

Havelock Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
11 Jan 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2019

Other inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2025Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet
  • Oct 2021Monitoring visitEffective action

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
  • May 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
100%
Replies
12
1% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▲100% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▲100% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▲92% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▲92% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▲100% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▼67% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲84% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 100% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲80% agreeEngland 43%

based on 5 parents (42%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲100% agreeEngland 63%

based on 4 parents (33%) with SEND

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