The Gainsborough Academy
Sweyn Lane, Gainsborough, DN21 1PB
Local ranking47th of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 11.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 119
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 722
- Boys
- 351 (49%)
- Girls
- 371 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (60% full)
- SEND
- 28.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 61.4%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 25.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,902/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.4%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Other: 3.7%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
87.4%
White British
3.7%
White Other
3.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145954
- UKPRN
- 10067582
- Establishment No.
- 4043
- Trust
- WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST