Beacon Academy
Chatsworth Place, Cleethorpes, DN35 9NF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST
- Acting Headteacher
- Mr Dave Whitaker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Wellspring Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 639
- URN
- 139649
- Local authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01472328888
About this school
Beacon Academy is a secondary academy in Cleethorpes. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 639 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Beacon Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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
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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 86 | 91 | 109 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.2 | 32.9 | 37.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.87 -1.18 to -0.57 | -0.83 -1.12 to -0.54 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% | 14.3% | 18.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% | 31.9% | 40.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 6% | 1.1% | 6.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
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 Beacon 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 | 35.2 | 33.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.9 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.5 | 35.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 579 |
| 2023/24 | 623 |
| 2024/25 | 666 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beacon Academy compares
Beacon Academy ranked 8th of 10 secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.5 | 12.8% | 49.1% | 639 | — |
| Cleethorpes Academy | 40.7 | 10.9% | 35.7% | 843 | 0.4 miles |
| Havelock Academy | 40.8 | 15.2% | 57.6% | 862 | 0.7 miles |
| Oasis Academy Wintringham | 35.9 | 14.2% | 53.7% | 852 | 1.2 miles |
| Humberston Academy | 47.6 | 6.1% | 17.1% | 891 | 1.6 miles |
| Ormiston Maritime Academy | 33.3 | 14.9% | 58.6% | 786 | 2.2 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)
- 49.1%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 12.78%
- Persistent absence
- 37.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cleethorpes Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Cleethorpes
-
Havelock Academy0.7 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
-
Oasis Academy Wintringham1.2 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
-
Humberston Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
-
Ormiston Maritime Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
Other schools in Cleethorpes
- Cleethorpes 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 ages does Beacon Academy teach?
- Beacon Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Cleethorpes.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Beacon Academy?
- The acting headteacher of Beacon Academy is Mr Dave Whitaker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Beacon Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beacon 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 many pupils are at Beacon Academy?
- Beacon Academy has 639 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Beacon Academy full?
- Beacon Academy has capacity for 750 pupils and 639 on roll (85%), 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 Beacon Academy a faith school?
- No. Beacon Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Beacon Academy a selective school?
- No. Beacon Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Beacon Academy part of an academy trust?
- Beacon Academy is part of WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Beacon Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.2 in 2022/23 and 37.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beacon Academy compare with other schools in North East Lincolnshire?
- Beacon Academy ranked 8th of 10 secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beacon Academy's absence rate?
- Beacon Academy's overall absence rate is 12.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beacon Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beacon 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.