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Cleethorpes Academy

URN
136192
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Cleethorpes Academy
URN
136192
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

53 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

43

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

51

Destinations

45

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#8 of 8 schools in North East Lincolnshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 6 alternative schools identified

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  • Offer probability
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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
18 March 2025
Inspection date
28 January 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 18 March 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 18 March 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

137

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

286

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

134

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.09×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
North East Lincolnshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (North East Lincolnshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.cleethorpesacademy.co.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select North East Lincolnshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

40.7

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

27.8%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

57.6%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

15.9%

EBacc achievement

Location

DN35 9NX - Grainsby Avenue, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire

Contact details

Address
Grainsby Avenue, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Postcode
DN35 9NX
Phone
1472582310
Website
http://www.cleethorpesacademy.co.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
North East Lincolnshire
Local authority code
812

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 179 schools in North East Lincolnshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

179

Open schools

74

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

129

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 18 March 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 18 March 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    18 March 202528 January 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 18 March 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      18 March 2025
      Inspected
      28 January 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    46.9%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 125

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    4.6%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    84.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    3.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    10.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    23

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary129 (73.3%)
    • Secondary23 (13.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other24 (13.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    The Lindsey School and Community Arts College0 mSecondaryClosed
    Middlethorpe Primary School389 mPrimaryClosed
    Middlethorpe Primary Academy389 mPrimaryOpen
    St Joseph's RC Primary School579 mPrimaryClosed
    Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy579 mPrimaryOpen
    Matthew Humberstone Church of England School678 mSecondaryClosed
    Beacon Academy678 mSecondaryOpen
    St Andrew's College, North East Lincolnshire678 mSecondaryClosed
    Trinity School754 mNot applicableClosed
    Thrunscoe Junior School886 mPrimaryClosed
    • The Lindsey School and Community Arts College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Middlethorpe Primary School
      Distance
      389 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Middlethorpe Primary Academy
      Distance
      389 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Joseph's RC Primary School
      Distance
      579 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (North East Lincolnshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Beacon AcademySecondaryDN35 9NFOpen
    Havelock AcademySecondaryDN32 8JHOpen
    Havelock SchoolSecondaryDN32 8JLClosed
    Healing AcademySecondaryDN41 7QDOpen
    Healing School, A Specialist Science and Foundation CollegeSecondaryDN41 7QDClosed
    • Beacon Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DN35 9NF
      Status
      Open
    • Havelock Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DN32 8JH
      Status
      Open
    • Havelock School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DN32 8JL
      Status
      Closed
    • Healing Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DN41 7QD
      Status
      Open
    • Healing School, A Specialist Science and Foundation College
    Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy
    Distance
    579 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Matthew Humberstone Church of England School
    Distance
    678 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Beacon Academy
    Distance
    678 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • St Andrew's College, North East Lincolnshire
    Distance
    678 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Trinity School
    Distance
    754 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Thrunscoe Junior School
    Distance
    886 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    DN41 7QD
    Status
    Closed