Havelock Academy is a secondary school and sixth form with Academy status, based in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England.

Havelock Academy
Address
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Holyoake Road

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DN32 8JH

Coordinates53°33′35″N 0°03′04″W / 53.5596°N 0.051°W / 53.5596; -0.051
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoBroadening Horizons
EstablishedSeptember 2007
Department for Education URN135294 Tables
OfstedReports
SponsorDavid Ross Education Trust
PrincipalEmily Grace Marshall
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment918
HousesArcher
Eagle
Fortune
Illustrious
Jaguar
Ramillies
Tiger
Vanguard
Former nameHavelock School
Websitehavelockacademy.co.uk

Admissions

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It is situated north of the A46, near the junction with the A1031, on the opposite of the road from the former Matthew Humberstone School (also now an Academy).

History

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The school is named after Havelok the Dane.

The Havelock School

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It had around 900 boys and girls in the 1960s, administered by the County Borough of Grimsby Education Committee. It had grammar, technical, commercial and modern streams.

Comprehensive

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It became a comprehensive in 1968 with 1300 boys and girls. From 1974-96 it was administered by Humberside Education Committee. In 1987, a 13-year-old boy drowned on a school trip to Scarborough.

Prior to opening in September 2007, the Academy was previously known as Havelock School.

Academy

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It became an Academy in 2007, sponsored by the David Ross Education Trust. The academy was officially opened by The Duchess of Cambridge on 5 March 2013, who was carrying out engagements in Grimsby on the day.

Academic results

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As a comprehensive, the school came in the bottom thirty schools in England at GCSE. In 2000, it came in the bottom forty. Around 6% gained 5 good GCSE grades.

In 2009, as an Academy, around 40% gain five good GCSEs - the fourth best in Grimsby.

Notable former pupils

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The Havelock School

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