Healing Academy
Low Road, Healing, Grimsby, DN41 7QD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- HARBOUR LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Stephen Logan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Harbour Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Brigg and Immingham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,020
- Pupils on roll
- 751
- URN
- 136277
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01472502400
About this school
Healing Academy is a secondary academy in Grimsby. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 751 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- 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 | 186 | 184 | 175 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.7 | 47.9 | 51.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.07 -0.27 to +0.14 | -0.03 -0.23 to +0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 51.1% | 61.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82% | 82.6% | 82.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 59% | 46.7% | 66.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
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 Healing 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 | 49.7 | 33.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.9 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51 | 35.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 930 |
| 2023/24 | 865 |
| 2024/25 | 778 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Healing Academy compares
Healing Academy ranked 1st of 10 secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51 | 5.2% | 14.4% | 751 | — |
| John Whitgift Academy | 48.1 | 5.9% | 41.5% | 1,070 | 1.3 miles |
| Ormiston Maritime Academy | 33.3 | 14.9% | 58.6% | 786 | 3.0 miles |
| Oasis Academy Immingham | 39.7 | 10.2% | 40.6% | 568 | 3.4 miles |
| Oasis Academy Wintringham | 35.9 | 14.2% | 53.7% | 852 | 4.0 miles |
| Havelock Academy | 40.8 | 15.2% | 57.6% | 862 | 4.8 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)
- 14.4%
- English as an additional language
- 9.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.24%
- Persistent absence
- 13.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
John Whitgift Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
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Ormiston Maritime Academy3.0 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
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Oasis Academy Immingham3.4 miles
Secondary · Immingham
-
Oasis Academy Wintringham4.0 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
-
Havelock Academy4.8 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
Other schools in Grimsby
Healing Academy ranks 1st of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Grimsby.
- Havelock Academy Secondary
- Humberston Academy Secondary
- John Whitgift Academy Secondary
- Oasis Academy Wintringham Secondary
- Ormiston Maritime Academy Secondary
- Waltham Toll Bar Academy Secondary
- Great Coates Village Nursery School Nursery
- Scartho Nursery School Nursery
- East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy Primary
- Edward Heneage Primary Academy Primary
- Enfield Academy of New Waltham Primary
- Fairfield Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Healing Academy teach?
- Healing Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Grimsby.
- Who is the principal of Healing Academy?
- The principal of Healing Academy is Mr Stephen Logan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Healing Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Healing 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 Healing Academy?
- Healing Academy has 751 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Healing Academy full?
- Healing Academy has capacity for 1,020 pupils and 751 on roll (74%), 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 Healing Academy a faith school?
- No. Healing Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Healing Academy a selective school?
- No. Healing Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Healing Academy?
- Healing Academy is part of HARBOUR LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Healing Academy have?
- The schools register lists Healing Academy's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Healing Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.7 in 2022/23 and 51 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Healing Academy rank locally?
- Healing Academy ranked 1st of 10 secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Healing Academy's absence rate?
- Healing Academy's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Healing Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Healing 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.