The Gainsborough Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F33
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Gainsborough, DN21 1PB
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Aegir
Officially Aegir - A Specialist Academy
Sweyn Lane, Gainsborough, DN21 1PB
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
165
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: Ofsted inspection 22 May 2024.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Cohort Size
- 20
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 141
- Boys
- 106 (70%)
- Girls
- 45 (30%)
- Capacity
- 165 (92% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 62.5%
- EAL
- 2.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 8.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £16,638/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
- 9.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.3%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.4%
- White Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
94.3%
White British
1.4%
Gypsy/Roma
0.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sweyn Lane
Gainsborough, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 142136
- UKPRN
- 10053087
- Establishment No.
- 7034
- Trust
- INSPIRE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES TRUST
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Score
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- Type
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Score
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- Type
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- Location
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