The Gainsborough Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F33
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Gainsborough, DN21 1PB
- Distance
- 1.5km away
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough
Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, DN21 2ST
Local ranking8th of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1286
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 13 December 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 62.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 74.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 91.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 183
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 65.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 16.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
104
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 15.7% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 208
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1126
- Boys
- 533 (47%)
- Girls
- 606 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1286 (89% full)
- SEND
- 2.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.2%
- EAL
- 6.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.3%
- SEN Support
- 1.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,384/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.7%
- Asian Indian: 5.7%
- Asian Other: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Asian Chinese: 2.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
74.7%
White British
5.7%
Asian Indian
3.8%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Morton Terrace
Gainsborough, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 120655
- UKPRN
- 10005331
- Establishment No.
- 4065
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