Cleethorpes Academy
Grainsby Avenue, Cleethorpes, DN35 9NX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Paul Thundercliffe
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 843
- URN
- 136192
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01472582310
About this school
Cleethorpes Academy is a secondary academy in Cleethorpes. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 843 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 161 | 169 | 151 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.6 | 43.1 | 40.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.80 -1.02 to -0.58 | -0.53 -0.75 to -0.32 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 35.5% | 27.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 60.4% | 57.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 8% | 8.9% | 15.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cleethorpes Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North East Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39.6 | 33.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.1 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.7 | 35.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 884 |
| 2023/24 | 856 |
| 2024/25 | 843 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cleethorpes Academy compares
Cleethorpes Academy ranked 6th of 10 secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 41% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.7 | 10.9% | 35.7% | 843 | — |
| Beacon Academy | 37.5 | 12.8% | 49.1% | 639 | 0.4 miles |
| Havelock Academy | 40.8 | 15.2% | 57.6% | 862 | 0.9 miles |
| Humberston Academy | 47.6 | 6.1% | 17.1% | 891 | 1.3 miles |
| Oasis Academy Wintringham | 35.9 | 14.2% | 53.7% | 852 | 1.6 miles |
| Waltham Toll Bar Academy | 45.8 | 7.8% | 19% | 1,611 | 2.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.71%
- English as an additional language
- 6.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.92%
- Persistent absence
- 32.08%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beacon Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Cleethorpes
-
Havelock Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
-
Humberston Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
-
Oasis Academy Wintringham1.6 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
-
Waltham Toll Bar Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
Other schools in Cleethorpes
- Beacon Academy Secondary
- Bursar Primary Academy Primary
- Middlethorpe Primary Academy Primary
- Queen Mary Avenue Infant School Primary
- Reynolds Primary Academy Primary
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy Primary
- Signhills Academy Primary
- Signhills Infant Academy Primary
- St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- William Barcroft Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cleethorpes Academy teach?
- Cleethorpes Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Cleethorpes.
- Who is the principal of Cleethorpes Academy?
- The principal of Cleethorpes Academy is Mr Paul Thundercliffe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cleethorpes Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cleethorpes Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Cleethorpes Academy?
- Cleethorpes Academy has 843 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Cleethorpes Academy full?
- Cleethorpes Academy has capacity for 900 pupils and 843 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cleethorpes Academy a faith school?
- No. Cleethorpes Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Cleethorpes Academy a selective school?
- No. Cleethorpes Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Cleethorpes Academy?
- Cleethorpes Academy is part of LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cleethorpes Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.6 in 2022/23 and 40.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cleethorpes Academy rank locally?
- Cleethorpes Academy ranked 6th of 10 secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 41% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cleethorpes Academy's absence rate?
- Cleethorpes Academy's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cleethorpes Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cleethorpes Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.