Haven High Academy
Boston, PE21 9HB · Lincolnshire · secondary school
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51st of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 0.7/10 against 499 of them, against 0.6/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 1 | 35% | 0.02 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2025/26 | 19.8 · 4 | 30% | 0.11 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.65 · 10 | 25% | 0.25 |
| Attainment 8 2025/26 | 32.6 · 3 | 10% | 0.03 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Haven High Academy overview
How it's doing
The school was rated Inadequate by Ofsted in 2024. In 2024/25, 12.4% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 31.7, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.65 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (0.5 out of 10 against similar schools, 0.4 out of 10 against all schools).
Getting in
The published school roll is 1,229 pupils against a stated capacity of 1,275. These whole-school figures do not establish entry-year vacancies or the likelihood of an offer. Confirm entry-year availability and admissions criteria with the school or local authority.
Worth asking on a visit
How does the school plan to improve attainment scores following the Inadequate rating? What specific support is available for pupils who are not meeting expected progress?
What Ofsted said about Haven High Academy
Overview
Haven High Academy is an inadequate school that fails to provide its pupils with an acceptable standard of education. The school's leadership and management are also inadequate, and the trust leaders and trustees do not have an accurate understanding of the quality of provision.
Strengths
- The school promotes pupils' wider development, including careers and future next steps.
- Pupils learn about respect and tolerance, although some do not apply this well to how they treat others.
- The school has begun to tackle poor behaviour, with pupils saying the school is calmer recently.
- Staff are much happier at the school than in previous years.
- The school has effective arrangements for safeguarding.
Areas to improve
- The school must ensure that there is clarity about what should be taught and when in all subjects, and that all teachers know how best to teach their subjects so that all pupils can learn and achieve well.
- Older pupils who struggle to read do not receive support to help them to read confidently.
- The school's strategy to support disadvantaged pupils is not securing these pupils better outcomes.
- Too many pupils are absent too often, and there is no consistent support to help these pupils catch up on missed learning.
- Too many pupils do not commit to learning well enough in lessons, and the school should ensure that pupils receive the necessary support and guidance to develop the necessary resilience, independence, and focus to be able to engage consistently with their learning.
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
Results over time
Attainment 8, the years we hold.
| Year | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 31.3 |
| 2024/25 | 31.7 |
| 2025/26 | 32.6 |
| England | 44.9 |
Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics. “England” is the median of the 3,682 state schools in England we hold a 2025/26 figure for — a school-level median, not the DfE's pupil-weighted national figure.
Your offer chance
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Sibling, faith, looked-after and other criteria can override distance. Always confirm with the school or local authority.
Next dates
- Secondary application deadline31 Oct 2026
- Secondary National Offer Day1 Mar 2027
- Secondary application deadline31 Oct 2027
- Secondary National Offer Day1 Mar 2028
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