Beacon Academy
Academy sponsor led · 639 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.5
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Ormiston Maritime Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 786of 795 places
- Free school meals
- 54.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 137
- Ofsted
- Good, 19 July 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hereford Technology School (URN 118066, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Ormiston Maritime Academy has no sixth form. Of the 82 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 33% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 33.3 against 46.1 across England and 40.1 in North East Lincolnshire, with 23% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 33% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in North East Lincolnshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Ormiston Maritime Academy | North East Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 82 | 1,778 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 33% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 40% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 9% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Ormiston Maritime Academy | North East Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 33.3 | 40.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 36% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% | 56% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 28% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.81 | 3.50 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 57% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.0 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.4 | 43.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 16% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 136 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 45% |
| Mathematics | 136 | 99% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 44% |
| English Literature | 131 | 96% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 95 | 69% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 35% |
| Geography | 83 | 61% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 22% |
| History | 54 | 39% | 41% | 2% | 26% | 22% |
| Fine Art | 44 | 32% | 9% | 2% | 28% | 27% |
| Biology | 36 | 26% | 23% | 8% | 45% | 69% |
| Chemistry | 36 | 26% | 23% | 8% | 47% | 56% |
| Physics | 36 | 26% | 23% | 8% | 46% | 58% |
| French | 32 | 23% | 18% | 3% | 29% | 9% |
| Sociology | 31 | 23% | 4% | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| Spanish | 21 | 15% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 19% |
| Religious Studies | 18 | 13% | 31% | 6% | 32% | 28% |
| Design and Technology | 13 | 9% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 54% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Sports Coaching | 35 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 14 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire
Cleethorpes Academy
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.7
Havelock Academy
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81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.8
Healing Academy
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Humberston Academy
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81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.6
John Whitgift Academy
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.