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Skegness Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy

Burgh Road, Skegness PE25 2QH · skegnessacademy.org · 01754 879122

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
30.7
average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
0.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
939
70% of 1,340 places
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
66.7%
First language not English
5.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Greenwood Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 91 families put the school first and 145 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: 169 (Places 200)169September 2023: 130 (Places 164)130September 2024: 116 (Places 161)116September 2025: 121 (Places 176)121September 2026: 91 (Places 145)91Places 145
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026145910.6100%
September 2025Sept 20251761210.7100%
September 2024Sept 20241611160.7100%
September 2023Sept 20231641300.8100%
September 2022Sept 20222001690.8100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 30.7, and 4.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lincolnshire it was 45.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D- (17.6 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: 34.1 (England 46.3)34.12017/18: 31.4 (England 46.5)31.42018/19: 34.0 (England 46.7)34.02021/22: 34.0 (England 48.8)34.02022/23: 32.8 (England 46.3)32.82023/24: 28.4 (England 45.9)28.42024/25: 30.7 (England 46.0)30.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼30.746.0
▼4.7%45.4%
▼30.4%64.8%
▼3.4%40.5%
▼2.354.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form22.6−9.5
Further education55.3+11.9
Other education0.5—
Apprenticeship2.1+0.8
Employment3.2−5
Not in a lasting destination14.2+1
Activity not captured2.1+0.2

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: 21.6 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 21.8 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 19.6 (England 32.1)D2018/19: 17.8 (England 32.9)D-2021/22: 14.0 (England 37.9)E+2022/23: 18.9 (England 34.2)D2023/24: 14.4 (England 34.4)E+2024/25: 17.6 (England 35.0)D-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
13 studentsD- (17.6)Average -0.49
13 studentsD- (17.6)Average -0.49
23 studentsMerit+ (28.3)Average -0.05
10 studentsMerit+ (26.8)Well below average -0.83
15 studentsL2Merit- (5.7)Average +0.28
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2416E+ (14.4)-0.54
2022/2332D (18.9)—
2021/2228E+ (14)—
2018/1944D- (17.8)0.00
2017/1851D (19.6)-0.07
2016/1764D+ (21.8)+0.09
2015/1659D (21.6)+0.21

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University36.1+7.9
Further education6.5+2.3
Apprenticeship3.3−0.9
Employment19.7−16.9
Not in a lasting destination31.1+7.2
Activity not captured3.3+0.5

Ofsted

Skegness Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
6 Dec 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2020Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
  • May 2017Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

What parents said

100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
100%
Replies
39
4% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▲92% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▲97% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved●80% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▲85% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▲84% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▲89% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲85% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 54% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲88% agreeEngland 43%

based on 8 parents (21%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲85% agreeEngland 63%

based on 20 parents (51%) with SEND

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