The Axholme Academy

About The Axholme Academy

The Axholme Academy is a popular choice among local families, as shown by its most recent admissions data. For the 2025/26 academic year, the school received 151 total applications for 110 available places, resulting in an oversubscription ratio of 1.37. Of those applications, 108 were first-preference offers, meaning the school was able to accommodate the vast majority of families who put it as their top choice. While the school does not publish a parent recommendation percentage, the fact that it is oversubscribed suggests a reasonable level of local confidence. The school is led by headteacher Damien Keogh and currently has 528 pupils on roll, just below its capacity of 540. It is a mixed, non-denominational state secondary for pupils aged 11 to 16, with no sixth form provision. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in March 2023, rated it Good overall, with Good ratings across all four graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This represents a consistent Good rating compared with its previous inspection in 2013.

Academically, the school’s performance is mixed when measured against national and local benchmarks. In the 2023/24 exam results, the school’s Progress 8 score was -0.54, which is below the local authority average of -0.21 for North Lincolnshire and places the school in the ‘Well below average’ national banding. Its Attainment 8 score was 42.1, and 38.4% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths, compared with 64.6% achieving a grade 4 or above. The EBacc average point score was 3.74, with 48.5% of pupils entering the EBacc combination of subjects, though only 11.1% achieved a grade 5 or above in it. In terms of ranking, the school sits 9th out of 10 secondary schools in North Lincolnshire on Progress 8, and 2666th out of 3141 schools nationally, placing it in the bottom 50% of schools nationally. The school’s percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals is 25.6%, which is above the national average, and this context may partly explain the lower attainment figures.

The school offers a range of facilities including a theatre, sports hall, astro turf, gymnasium, library, and playing fields, and runs clubs such as Science Club, Choir, Debate, Gardening, Chess, Art Club, Model UN, Coding, Young Enterprise, and Eco Club. Sports on offer include swimming, netball, basketball, tennis, badminton, and cross country. For pupils with additional needs, the school has identified provisions for a wide spectrum of needs, including Specific Learning Difficulty (Dyslexia), Moderate Learning Difficulty, Social, Emotional & Mental Health, Speech, Language & Communication, Hearing Impairment, Physical Disability, and Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The school is oversubscribed, so families applying should be aware that a first-preference application is advisable. The Axholme Academy may suit families who value a Good Ofsted rating, a broad range of extracurricular activities, and a school that is well-integrated into its local community, but who are comfortable with academic results that are below the local average.

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