Havelock Academy
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| Havelock Academy | |
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| Address | |
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Holyoake Road , , DN32 8JH | |
| Coordinates | 53°33′35″N 0°03′04″W / 53.5596°N 0.051°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Broadening Horizons |
| Established | September 2007 |
| Department for Education URN | 135294 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Sponsor | David Ross Education Trust |
| Principal | Emily Grace Marshall |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 918 |
| Houses | Archer Eagle Fortune Illustrious Jaguar Ramillies Tiger Vanguard |
| Former name | Havelock School |
| Website | havelockacademy |
Havelock Academy is a secondary school and sixth form with Academy status, based in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England.
Admissions[edit]
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[edit]
The school is named after Havelok the Dane.
The Havelock School[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
The Havelock School[edit]
- Sir Patrick Cormack, Conservative MP from 1970-4 for Cannock, from 1974-83 for South West Staffordshire and from 1983-2010 for South Staffordshire
- Prof David Drewry, Vice-Chancellor from 1999-2009 of the University of Hull
- Raymond Plant, Baron Plant of Highfield, Master from 1994-2000 of St Catherine's College, Oxford
- Martin Vickers, MP for Cleethorpes, 2010–present. Attended Havelock 1962-67.
