Haven High Academy

State school · Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formLincolnshire, Boston PE21school website

Four in five Year 11 leavers stay in education, in line with the England rate; most to a further education college (72%).

Where this school leads
81%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Lincolnshire 86% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Haven High Academy: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 39%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 34%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 39%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 33%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 38%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 8%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 8%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 19%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 19%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 45%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Inadequate
Places
—
Pupils
1,229
Free school meals
40.6%

Ofsted: Full inspection, 9 July 2024 · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Lincolnshire’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 1,275 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Haven High Technology College (URN 120660, until 1 September 2012).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

81%stayed in education after Year 11
This school81%
Lincolnshire86%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 242 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

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.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureHaven High AcademyLincolnshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort2428,198607,348
Any sustained destination88%92%92%
Stayed in education81%86%86%
— school sixth form9%40%34%
— sixth form college0%4%13%
— further education college72%41%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship2%4%3%
Employment4%3%3%
No sustained destination10%6%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%
GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

31.7Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school31.7
Lincolnshire45.1
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 266 pupils in Year 11

34% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 28.0 — below disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

12% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Lincolnshire 42%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureHaven High AcademyLincolnshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)31.745.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths12%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths36%63%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects12%37%41%
EBacc average point score2.633.984.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort34%27%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils28.033.834.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils33.649.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language46%12%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

58.50%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Religious Studies stands out at GCSE — 92% of the year group took it, against 31% across England.

Green & Sustainability45%
Natural Sciences39%
Language & Communication39%
Health & Safety38%
Mathematics & Statistics34%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects21

Entries 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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language26298%89%3%20%39%
Mathematics26298%88%3%22%47%
English Literature24994%86%3%21%47%
Religious Studies24692%31%6%32%43%
Combined Science17967%65%1%9%28%
Geography12848%41%3%25%24%
History9134%41%2%26%27%
Biology7428%23%3%45%45%
Chemistry7428%23%1%47%35%
Physics7428%23%3%46%27%
Business Studies7227%18%0%20%18%
Spanish259%19%24%27%64%
Fine Art249%9%0%28%25%
Polish208%1%60%84%85%
Music125%5%8%33%33%
Statistics114%5%9%20%55%
Drama114%7%9%27%36%
Russian83%0%63%87%88%
Portuguese52%0%—50%—
Arabic10%1%—47%—
Turkish10%0%—71%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications6
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies48——
Sports / Movement Science41——
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)36——
Beauty Care / Services30——
Hospitality / Catering Studies28——
Computer Appreciation / Introduction27——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Green & Sustainability55%
Language & Communication52%
Natural Sciences51%
Health & Safety49%
Mathematics & Statistics41%
Engineering & Manufacturing39%
Transversal Skills31%
Arts & Humanities27%
Digital & ICT Skills16%
Social & Cultural Skills12%
Business & Administration11%
Law & Public Administration8%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 15.8percentage 10.9ratio 10.6gradient 8.8vocabulary 8.6power 7.7reflection 7.6translation 7.4particle model 7.2equation 7.0root 6.9grammar 6.9audience 6.7energy transfer 6.4area 6.2standard form 6.2formulae 6.0impact 5.7scale 5.7percentage change 5.5change of state 5.5evidence 5.3presentation 5.1context 5.0

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, area, unit conversion from Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry and 7 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 3 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, data interpretation, sampling technique from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 4 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data interpretation, climate change, data collection from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 4 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: battery test technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, chart from Business Studies, English Language, Geography and 4 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, measurement, data interpretation from Biology, Geography, Mathematics and 3 more
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses presentation, experimental design, scientific method from Biology, English Language, Geography and 3 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses scale, data collection, computer systems from Art and Design, Chemistry, Physics and 4 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Haven High Academy offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Lincolnshire’s allocation statistics.

  1. 31 OctApply to Lincolnshire in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
Lincolnshire

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.