Boston High School
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Haven High Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,229of 1,275 places
- Free school meals
- 40.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 266
- Ofsted
- Inadequate, 9 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Haven High Technology College (URN 120660, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Haven High Academy has no sixth form. Of the 242 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 31.7 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lincolnshire, with 12% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 92% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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 Lincolnshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Haven High Academy | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 242 | 8,198 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 9% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 72% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Haven High Academy | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 31.7 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 12% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 36% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 12% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.63 | 3.98 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 34% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.0 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 33.6 | 49.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 46% | 12% | 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 | 262 | 98% | 89% | 3% | 20% | 39% |
| Mathematics | 262 | 98% | 88% | 3% | 22% | 47% |
| English Literature | 249 | 94% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 47% |
| Religious Studies | 246 | 92% | 31% | 6% | 32% | 43% |
| Combined Science | 179 | 67% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 28% |
| Geography | 128 | 48% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 24% |
| History | 91 | 34% | 41% | 2% | 26% | 27% |
| Biology | 74 | 28% | 23% | 3% | 45% | 45% |
| Chemistry | 74 | 28% | 23% | 1% | 47% | 35% |
| Physics | 74 | 28% | 23% | 3% | 46% | 27% |
| Business Studies | 72 | 27% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| Spanish | 25 | 9% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 64% |
| Fine Art | 24 | 9% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 25% |
| Polish | 20 | 8% | 1% | 60% | 84% | 85% |
| Music | 12 | 5% | 5% | 8% | 33% | 33% |
| Statistics | 11 | 4% | 5% | 9% | 20% | 55% |
| Drama | 11 | 4% | 7% | 9% | 27% | 36% |
| Russian | 8 | 3% | 0% | 63% | 87% | 88% |
| Portuguese | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 41 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 36 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 30 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 27 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Lincolnshire
Bourne Academy
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Bourne Grammar School
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Branston Community Academy
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Caistor Grammar School
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Caistor Yarborough 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.