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The Gainsborough Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Sweyn Lane, Gainsborough DN21 1PB · thegainsboroughacademy.org.uk · 01427 612411
On the mapSearch near DN21 1PB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38
- average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 767
- 64% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 65.4%
- First language not English
- 5.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 137 families put the school first and 155 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 155 | 137 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 167 | 142 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 124 | 96 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 158 | 113 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 165 | 135 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38, and 24.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lincolnshire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38 | 46 | ||
| ▼24.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼47.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼11.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.06 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135666)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.8 | +2.9 |
| Sixth form college | 11.3 | −6.7 |
| Further education | 57.5 | +15.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9 | −4.5 |
| Employment | 6.6 | +1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.3 | −3.1 |
| Activity not captured | 8.5 | −5 |
Ofsted
The Gainsborough Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 10 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 10 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Sept 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135666), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Sept 2022Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135666)
Oct 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135666)
What parents said
52% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 52%
- Replies
- 60
- 9% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 62% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (32%) with SEND