The Gainsborough Academy
Secondary schoolThe Gainsborough Academy is a secondary school in West Lindsey, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 767 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), July 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Gainsborough Academy was 33.1, against 46.8 in West Lindsey and 46.2 in England.
20.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | West Lindsey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 33.1 | 46.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20.8% | 46.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% | 65.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 144 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Aegir - A Specialist AcademySpecial. School remains Good, May 2024390 m
- Castle Wood AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- White's Wood AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade1.2 km
- Handel House Preparatory SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in West Lindsey
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).