John Whitgift Academy is a secondary school located in Grimsby. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 12/10/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Crosland Road, Grimsby, DN37 9EH
Website: http://www.johnwhitgift.org.uk/
Telephone: 01472311080
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: North East Lincolnshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Robert Spendlow
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137464

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 12/10/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 797
Number of Pupils: 731
Number of Boys: 348
Number of Girls: 383

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.67 Confidence interval 0.34 to 1
Of the 61 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 58 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:2%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:89%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.61
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Coates Village Nursery School
Station Road , Great Coates DN37 9NN 		4out of 4 219 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Coates Primary School
Cromwell Road , DN37 9EN 		3out of 4 185 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Wybers Wood Academy
Timberley Drive , DN37 9QZ 		3out of 4 640 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Willows Academy
Queensway , DN37 9AT 		3out of 4 735 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Yarborough Academy
Yarrow Road , DN34 4JU 		3out of 4 1,690 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Healing Primary Academy
Fords Avenue , Healing DN41 7RS 		3out of 4 2,047 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
John Whitgift Academy
Crosland Road , DN37 9EH 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Healing Science Academy
Low Road , Healing DN41 7QD 		4out of 4 2,297 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Ormiston Maritime Academy
Westward Ho , DN34 5AH 		2out of 4 3,052 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Franklin College
Chelmsford Avenue , DN34 5BY 		- not rated 2,869 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Orchard Independent Special School
Unit 1, Sargon Way , Great Grimsby Business Park DN37 9PH 		- not rated 1,527 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Cambridge Park Academy
Cambridge Road , DN34 5EB 		2out of 4 2,301 yd Academy special converter No Mixed More About School
St James' School
22 Bargate , DN34 4SY 		- not rated 3,212 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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