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Academy sponsor led · 639 pupils
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John Whitgift Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,070of 998 places
- Free school meals
- 39.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 159
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 3 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Whitgift School (URN 118067, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
John Whitgift Academy has no sixth form. Of the 130 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 32% moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 32% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 43% of the year group took it, against 19% 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 | John Whitgift Academy | North East Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 130 | 1,778 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 32% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 50% | 40% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 9% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | John Whitgift Academy | North East Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.1 | 40.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 36% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 56% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 37% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.23 | 3.50 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 36% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 43.4 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.8 | 43.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 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 | 159 | 100% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 75% |
| Mathematics | 159 | 100% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 77% |
| English Literature | 152 | 96% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 135 | 85% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 69% |
| Spanish | 68 | 43% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 65% |
| History | 63 | 40% | 41% | 35% | 26% | 90% |
| Geography | 47 | 30% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 72% |
| Physics | 24 | 15% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 24 | 15% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 50% |
| Chemistry | 24 | 15% | 23% | 33% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 24 | 15% | 23% | 50% | 45% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 14% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 61% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 13% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 76% |
| Photography | 18 | 11% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 78% |
| Music | 13 | 8% | 5% | 15% | 33% | 92% |
| Polish | 4 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 71 | — | — |
| Tourism | 66 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 44 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 33 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
| 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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Oasis Academy Immingham
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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.