Beacon Academy
Academy sponsor led · 639 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.5
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Humberston Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 891of 753 places
- Free school meals
- 18.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 172
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 3 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Humberston Maths and Computing College (URN 118101, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Humberston Academy has no sixth form. Of the 181 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 52% moved to a sixth form college, 21% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 52% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 47% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
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 | Humberston Academy | North East Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 181 | 1,778 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 52% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 21% | 40% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 9% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Humberston Academy | North East Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.6 | 40.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 36% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 56% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 61% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.40 | 3.50 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 15% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.3 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.5 | 43.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 172 | 100% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 71% |
| English Language | 171 | 99% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 171 | 99% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 122 | 71% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 59% |
| Geography | 115 | 67% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 65% |
| History | 89 | 52% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 65% |
| Media Studies | 80 | 47% | 4% | 5% | 20% | 60% |
| Design and Technology | 68 | 40% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 90% |
| Spanish | 66 | 38% | 19% | 32% | 27% | 95% |
| Chemistry | 50 | 29% | 23% | 20% | 47% | 92% |
| Biology | 50 | 29% | 23% | 14% | 45% | 88% |
| Physics | 50 | 29% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 84% |
| Art and Design | 46 | 27% | 7% | 22% | 24% | 80% |
| French | 40 | 23% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 32 | 19% | 31% | 47% | 32% | 84% |
| Physical Education | 26 | 15% | 11% | 27% | 24% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 11% | 13% | 5% | 30% | 21% |
| Drama | 16 | 9% | 7% | 13% | 27% | 94% |
| Music | 9 | 5% | 5% | 11% | 33% | 67% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance / Accounting (General) | 17 | — | — |
| Interactive Video | 4 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in North East Lincolnshire
Cleethorpes Academy
Academy sponsor led · 843 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.7
Havelock Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 862 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.8
Healing Academy
Academy converter · 751 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
John Whitgift Academy
Academy converter · 1,070 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Oasis Academy Immingham
Academy sponsor led · 568 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
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.