Cleethorpes Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · North East Lincolnshire
Grainsby Avenue, Cleethorpes, DN35 9NX
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 28/01/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.1%
32.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
843
Capacity used
Nearly full94%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
125 of 125 families who put it first got an offer
137
Places offered
286
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 125 | 125 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 105 | 9 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 56 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 286 | 134 | 47% |
1st preference success by year
North East Lincolnshire lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Thundercliffe
- Address
- Grainsby Avenue, Cleethorpes, DN35 9NX
- Phone
- 01472582310
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Ward / constituency
- Haverstoe · Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136192
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST
843 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
28 January 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 901 pupils
Attendance
89.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
32.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.53 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 36% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 60% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 27.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 57.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 15.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 151 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 151 | 8% | 33% | 64% | |
| English Language | 151 | 10% | 45% | 64% | |
| English Literature | 145 | 6% | 52% | 71% | |
| Art and Design | 133 | 2% | 41% | 83% | |
| Combined Science | 124 | 2% | 21% | 47% | |
| Geography | 64 | 3% | 22% | 41% | |
| History | 52 | 10% | 37% | 46% | |
| Spanish | 47 | 4% | 30% | 55% | |
| Biology | 21 | 19% | 67% | 81% | |
| Physics | 21 | 29% | 67% | 81% | |
| Chemistry | 21 | 24% | 71% | 90% | |
| Music | 17 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through North East Lincolnshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.