Beacon Academy
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F25
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cleethorpes, DN35 9NF
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Cleethorpes Academy
Grainsby Avenue, Cleethorpes, DN35 9NX
Local ranking6th of 10 secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 28 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 156
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 843
- Boys
- 430 (51%)
- Girls
- 413 (49%)
- Capacity
- 900 (94% full)
- SEND
- 15.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.7%
- EAL
- 6.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,741/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
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.9%
- White Other: 3.8%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
88.9%
White British
3.8%
White Other
1.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Grainsby Avenue
Cleethorpes, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 136192
- UKPRN
- 10030996
- Establishment No.
- 6908
- Trust
- LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST
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