Secondary school

South Axholme Academy

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • North Lincolnshire
  • DN9 1BY
  • Not applicable
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 615 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 19%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 31%31%2016/17: top 22%2017/18: top 24%2018/19: top 19%19% · 2018/192021/22: top 21%2022/23: top 25%2023/24: top 32%2024/25: top 19%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 853.2 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.39/10 Top 20%
Grade 5+ English and maths60.7% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%9/10 Top 20%+6.8 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.65 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.939/10 Top 20%+6.3 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.21 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.077/10 Above−23.5 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2022/2333.41 · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.53Small cohort: 15 pupils in 2022/23 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 53 · 177 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 51.6 · 167 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 51.4 · 159 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 53.2 · 137 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 55.3 · 171 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 51.3 · 172 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 49.3 · 187 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 53.2 · 178 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.355.349.3No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 52% · 167 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 53% · 159 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 64% · 137 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 60% · 171 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 51% · 172 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 49.7% · 187 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 60.7% · 178 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%64%49.7%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: withheld2016/17: 26.43 · 25 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.872017/18: 31.7 · 21 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 30.322018/19: 35.9 · 25 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 31.282021/22: 37.1 · 13 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 36.212022/23: 33.41 · 15 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.5337.126.43No exams

Not published 2023/24, 2024/25Withheld 2015/16

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
182 of 182 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st182182
2nd521
3rd172

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2017Good
  5. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026910
Free school meals (past 6 years)18.6%
First language not English1.4%
SEN support10.9%
EHC plan2.4%
Absence (sessions missed)6.5%
Persistently absent pupils16.0%

Girls 48.1%Boys 51.9%

78.1% full · 1,165 places · 17 in sixth form (2022/23)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.0
Pupils per adult12.7
  • Classroom teachers 44.7
  • Leadership 5.8
  • Teaching assistants 17.2
  • Other support 10.9

Teachers 50.5 FTE · Whole workforce 78.6 · 91 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,668
Spend per pupil£6,504
Staff spend per pupil£5,294
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,064,000in-year balance

Grants £7,498 · self-generated £171 · premises £255 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ISLE EDUCATION TRUST (6 academies) · trust reserve £1,517,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

187 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained94.7%
  • Education86.6%
  • Apprenticeship5.9%
  • Employment2.1%
  • Not sustained3.7%
  • Unknown1.6%