Havelock Academy

Havelock Academy is a secondary school and sixth form, with Academy status, based in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England.AdmissionsIt 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).HistoryThe school is named after Havelok the Dane.The Havelock SchoolIt 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.ComprehensiveIt 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.AcademyIt became an Academy in 2007, sponsored by the David Ross Education Trust. The academy was officially opened by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge on 5 March 2013, who was carrying out engagements in Grimsby on the day.Academic resultsAs 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.