Cleethorpes Academy
Academy sponsor led · 843 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.7
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Andrew's College, North East Lincolnshire (URN 135847, until 9 May 2013).
Beacon Academy has no sixth form. Of the 86 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
16% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 43% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.5 against 46.1 across England and 40.1 in North East Lincolnshire, with 18% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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.
| Measure | Beacon Academy | North East Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 86 | 1,778 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 80% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 33% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 40% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 16% | 9% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Measure | Beacon Academy | North East Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.5 | 40.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% | 36% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40% | 56% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 6% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.94 | 3.50 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 51% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.0 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.9 | 43.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 109 | 100% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 39% |
| English Language | 109 | 100% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 48% |
| Mathematics | 109 | 100% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 50% |
| English Literature | 105 | 96% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 52% |
| Geography | 66 | 61% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 32% |
| Photography | 47 | 43% | 6% | 15% | 19% | 96% |
| Design and Technology | 47 | 43% | 11% | 2% | 23% | 34% |
| History | 34 | 31% | 41% | 6% | 26% | 35% |
| Fine Art | 23 | 21% | 9% | 4% | 28% | 100% |
| Applied Engineering | 19 | 17% | 0% | 5% | 18% | 32% |
| French | 17 | 16% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| Graphic Communication | 11 | 10% | 1% | 18% | 23% | 91% |
| Statistics | 8 | 7% | 5% | 50% | 20% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 7% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 63% |
| Textiles | 2 | 2% | 2% | — | 27% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 32 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 30 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 11 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 9 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 8 | — | — |
Academy sponsor led · 843 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.7
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 862 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.8
Academy converter · 751 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
Academy converter · 891 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.6
Academy converter · 1,070 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
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.