Havelock Academy

Havelock Academy is a welcoming and proud school where staff show a deep commitment to the community and the education of their pupils. The school has made significant progress since its last inspection, improving its overall effectiveness to a 'Good' rating across all domains including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. While pupils demonstrate positive relationships and respectful attitudes, there remains room for improvement in certain areas such as vocabulary development and attendance management.

Strengths

• Strong commitment from leaders to deliver high-quality education
• Engaging lessons delivered by subject specialists
• Well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum that caters to all students including those in the sixth form
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Strong parental engagement and community links
• Effective safeguarding culture throughout the school

Areas for Improvement

• Insufficient focus on developing subject-specific vocabulary
• Some pupils have irregular attendance affecting their learning
• Limited understanding of fundamental British values and the diversity of world religions among pupils

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Havelock Academy attended 84.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 42.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 23.4% of pupils at Havelock Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 10 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Havelock Academy had 14.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.9% of pupils at Havelock Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Havelock Academy received £9,614 and spent £8,738 for each of its 911 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,213,000 (£1,331 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of The David Ross Education Trust, income was £8,189 and spending £8,020 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Grimsby · North East Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Havelock Academy is part of The David Ross Education Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Edward Heneage Primary Academy Grimsby
• Humberston Academy Grimsby
• Fairfield Academy Grimsby
• Ainthorpe Primary School Hull
• Endike Academy Hull
• Wold Academy Hull
• Hogsthorpe Primary Academy Skegness
• King Edward VI Academy Spilsby
• The Eresby School, Spilsby Spilsby
• The Barnes Wallis Academy Lincoln

What is Havelock Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Havelock Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Havelock Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Havelock Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Havelock Academy have?

Havelock Academy has 862 pupils on roll.

What age range does Havelock Academy cover?

Havelock Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Havelock Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 37.3, and 26% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Havelock Academy?

Havelock Academy is at Holyoake Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN32 8JH.