South Axholme Academy

About South Axholme Academy

South Axholme Academy is a Good school, according to its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, and the detail behind that rating is worth a closer look. The inspection team awarded the school an Outstanding grade for behaviour and attitudes, while quality of education, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision were all rated Good. That behaviour rating is a strong signal for any parent concerned about school culture. On the academic front, the most telling metric is the school’s Progress 8 score of 0.21, which means pupils here achieve nearly a quarter of a grade more per subject than the national average. That places South Axholme second out of ten secondary schools in North Lincolnshire, comfortably ahead of the local authority average Progress 8 score of -0.21. It also ranks in the top 50 nationally for this measure, putting it in the top third of all schools in England.

Breaking the Progress 8 score down further, the school performs particularly well in open subjects (0.31) and maths (0.2), while English and EBacc subjects both sit at 0.15. The Attainment 8 score of 49.3 is solid, and 76.5 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, with 49.7 per cent hitting the higher grade 5 benchmark. Just under a third of pupils entered the EBacc, and 20.3 per cent achieved it at grade 5 or above. The EBacc average point score of 4.37 reflects a decent breadth of academic study. Compared with its previous inspection in 2017, when the school was also rated Good overall, the 2023 inspection saw behaviour and attitudes upgraded from a previous ungraded Good to Outstanding, while leadership and management slipped from Outstanding to Good. The school’s Progress 8 banding is classified as Average, but given the local context, it is clearly performing well above the norm for North Lincolnshire.

South Axholme Academy is a mixed secondary for pupils aged 11 to 16, with no sixth form, and it serves 914 pupils against a capacity of 1165. The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 240 applications for 174 places, with 170 first-preference offers made. That oversubscription ratio of 1.38 suggests strong local demand. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 17.5 per cent, slightly above the national average. Facilities include science labs, music rooms, a library, ICT suite, tennis courts, playing fields, and a sixth-form centre. The school offers a wide range of sports and clubs, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, drama, debate, coding, and an orchestra. SEND provision is comprehensive, covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families looking for strong academic progress, excellent behaviour standards, and a broad extracurricular offer within a popular local comprehensive.

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