What did Ofsted judge Healing Academy's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Healing Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in June 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Healing Academy?

Healing Academy has 751 pupils on roll.

What ages does Healing Academy take?

Healing Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 16.

Where is Healing Academy located?

Healing Academy is located in Grimsby, DN41 7QD, North East Lincolnshire.

How do I apply to Healing Academy?

Healing Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How are Year 7 places decided at Healing Academy?

When Healing Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school; 2. Siblings — Children with siblings who will be attending the school when the child is due to start. Siblings include step siblings, foster siblings, adopted siblings and other children living permanently at the same home address. Priority will not be given to children with siblings who are former pupils of the school; 3. Staff children — Children where the parent has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of which the application for admission to the school is made and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the academy will use random allocation as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. This process will be independently verified.

What is the largest ethnic background at Healing Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 85.1% of pupils at Healing Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Healing Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school.
2Siblings — Children with siblings who will be attending the school when the child is due to start. Siblings include step siblings, foster siblings, adopted siblings and other children living permanently at the same home address. Priority will not be given to children with siblings who are former pupils of the school.
3Staff children — Children where the parent has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of which the application for admission to the school is made and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4Distance — Distance in the following order: Nearest School: measured by straight line distance. This applies when the school is the nearest state funded, non-selective, mainstream school to the child's address admitting children to the relevant year group; calculated by North East Lincolnshire Council's School Admissions Team using straight line distance to three decimal places. Then: The straight-line distance from the child's home to the Academy as calculated electronically to three figures after the decimal point by North East Lincolnshire Council's School Admissions Team from the Post Office Address Point of the home to the Post Office Address Point of the school.

If two applications tie: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the academy will use random allocation as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. This process will be independently verified.

EHCP-named children admitted before other places allocated, per document section 8.2.1, not counted as a ranked criterion here.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Healing Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Healing Academy's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Healing Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in June 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Healing Academy?: Healing Academy has 751 pupils on roll.
What ages does Healing Academy take?: Healing Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 16.
Where is Healing Academy located?: Healing Academy is located in Grimsby, DN41 7QD, North East Lincolnshire.
How do I apply to Healing Academy?: Healing Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Healing Academy?: When Healing Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school; 2. Siblings — Children with siblings who will be attending the school when the child is due to start. Siblings include step siblings, foster siblings, adopted siblings and other children living permanently at the same home address. Priority will not be given to children with siblings who are former pupils of the school; 3. Staff children — Children where the parent has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of which the application for admission to the school is made and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the academy will use random allocation as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. This process will be independently verified.
What is the largest ethnic background at Healing Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 85.1% of pupils at Healing Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Healing Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school.
2Siblings — Children with siblings who will be attending the school when the child is due to start. Siblings include step siblings, foster siblings, adopted siblings and other children living permanently at the same home address. Priority will not be given to children with siblings who are former pupils of the school.
3Staff children — Children where the parent has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of which the application for admission to the school is made and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4Distance — Distance in the following order: Nearest School: measured by straight line distance. This applies when the school is the nearest state funded, non-selective, mainstream school to the child's address admitting children to the relevant year group; calculated by North East Lincolnshire Council's School Admissions Team using straight line distance to three decimal places. Then: The straight-line distance from the child's home to the Academy as calculated electronically to three figures after the decimal point by North East Lincolnshire Council's School Admissions Team from the Post Office Address Point of the home to the Post Office Address Point of the school.

EHCP-named children admitted before other places allocated, per document section 8.2.1, not counted as a ranked criterion here.

Healing Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Healing Academy's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Healing Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in June 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Healing Academy?: Healing Academy has 751 pupils on roll.
What ages does Healing Academy take?: Healing Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 16.
Where is Healing Academy located?: Healing Academy is located in Grimsby, DN41 7QD, North East Lincolnshire.
How do I apply to Healing Academy?: Healing Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Healing Academy?: When Healing Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school; 2. Siblings — Children with siblings who will be attending the school when the child is due to start. Siblings include step siblings, foster siblings, adopted siblings and other children living permanently at the same home address. Priority will not be given to children with siblings who are former pupils of the school; 3. Staff children — Children where the parent has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of which the application for admission to the school is made and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the academy will use random allocation as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. This process will be independently verified.
What is the largest ethnic background at Healing Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 85.1% of pupils at Healing Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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