Cleethorpes Academy

About Cleethorpes Academy

Cleethorpes Academy’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, rated the school as Requires Improvement overall, though the inspection was a graded visit that did not judge overall effectiveness. The picture is more nuanced than that single label suggests: inspectors rated behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management all as Good. The quality of education was the area identified as Requires Improvement. The most telling exam metric is the school’s Progress 8 score of -0.53, which places it well below average nationally and ranks it 7th out of 11 secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire. That score means pupils here make about half a grade less progress per subject across eight GCSEs than the national average, though it is worth noting that the local authority average Progress 8 is -0.57, so Cleethorpes is actually slightly above the typical performance for its area.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 GCSE results, the school’s Attainment 8 score sits at 43.1, and 60.4% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, though the figure drops to 35.5% for grade 5 or above. Only 4.1% of pupils entered the English Baccalaureate, and just 2.4% achieved it at grade 5 or above. The Progress 8 breakdown shows that English is the strongest subject area, with a score of -0.31, while maths is weaker at -0.71 and the EBacc subjects are the lowest at -0.77. The school has no sixth form, so all pupils leave at 16. In the local context, the top-performing schools in the area — John Whitgift Academy, Healing Academy, and Humberston Academy — all have positive or near-zero Progress 8 scores, which puts Cleethorpes’s performance into perspective.

The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 286 applications for 137 places and 125 first-preference offers, giving a ratio of 2.09 applicants per place. Facilities include a swimming pool, sports hall, theatre, music rooms, and art studios, and the school runs clubs ranging from Young Enterprise and coding to choir and gardening. SEND provisions cover a wide range of needs, including dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorder, and speech, language and communication needs. Parent View responses, based on 19 respondents, show that 74% would recommend the school. Strengths noted by parents include a good range of subjects and clubs, with 90% agreeing their child can take part in clubs and activities. However, only 53% agreed their child is happy at the school, and concerns about how concerns are dealt with saw 11% disagreeing. This school may suit families who value its strong behaviour culture and broad extracurricular offer, but who are aware that academic outcomes currently lag behind local peers.

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