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Secondary school in Crowle, North Lincolnshire

The Axholme Academy

Wharf Road, Crowle, North Lincolnshire, DN17 4HU

Ofsted Good · 2023
School website 01724710368

Ofsted

Goodas at 8 March 2023

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 March 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

38.4 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

34% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

57% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.4 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

50% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.54confidence interval -0.82 to -0.25

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
518
Places
540
How full
Nearly full — 518 of 540 places taken
Girls / boys
254 / 264
Overall absence
10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
33%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
27%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
2%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
8%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
20%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
93%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
85%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
6%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
0%
No sustained destination
5%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
110

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for North Lincolnshire 006C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
28%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
18%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
81%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
5%

England 17%

Households with no car
7%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
40%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
THE AXHOLME ACADEMY
Headteacher
Principal: Damien Keogh
Local authority
North Lincolnshire
Ward
Axholme North
Constituency
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
URN
137759

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
South Axholme AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 53.2 5.2 mi
Trinity AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 42.4 5.2 mi
OneSchool Global UK Ridgeway CampusOther independent school No grade 6.6 mi
Outwood Academy FoxhillsAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 40.4 6.7 mi
The St Lawrence AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2023 41.1 6.7 mi
Melior Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 43.1 7 mi
South Park Enterprise College (11-19)Other independent school No grade 7.1 mi
Ash Hill AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 46.9 7.6 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Highgate Wood Secondary SchoolCommunity school No grade 56.3
Saint Gregory's Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school Good 2022 46.6
Thirsk School & Sixth Form CollegeCommunity school No grade 43.5
Christ The King CollegeVoluntary aided school Requires improvement 2023 44.8
Casterton College RutlandAcademy converter Good 2023 48.7
Bushey Meads SchoolAcademy converter No grade 43.6
LeAF StudioStudio schools No grade 42.4
The Reach Free SchoolFree schools No grade 44.2

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

All published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.