The Gainsborough Academy

Sweyn Lane, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, DN21 1PB

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About this school

The Gainsborough Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire. The school has 722 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (graded inspection, 10 July 2024). Last inspected 10 July 2024. The Headteacher is Rachael Skelton. The school is administered by Lincolnshire local authority. It belongs to WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST. It opened in 1 June 2018.

School details

Head

Rachael Skelton

Trust

WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST

Local authority

Lincolnshire

Gender

Mixed

URN

145954

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Gainsborough Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Lincolnshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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