Healing School, A Science Academy is a

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and specialist

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located on Low Road in the village of

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, England. The school has a maximum capacity of 900 students. However according to the recent Ofsted report it has a student enrolment of 914 (as of 2019) Healing School serves the area of Healing and Stallingborough but the school has an intake from the Willows, Great Coates, Wybers Wood, Immingham, North Killingholme and other parts of Grimsby.

History

The school was previously known as Healing School, A Specialist Science and Foundation College (Ofsted URN 118095). It converted to an academy in 2012 as part of Healing Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted judgements

As Healing Comprehensive School, the school was inspected in 1999 with the finding that "this is a good school". As Healing School, A Specialist Science College, the school was inspected in 2006 with the judgement of Good, and in 2009 with the judgement of Outstanding. A staff member was invited to

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in 2018 to meet the prime minister in order to celebrate the school's outstanding teaching. As of 2019, it is yet to be inspected since conversion to an academy.

Academic performance

In 1996 ''

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'' listed the school as one of the country's "outstandingly successful schools", based on inspection judgements and "doing well in all areas of their work". In 2000 the percentage of pupils at the school who achieved five or more

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at grades A* to C or the GNVQ equivalent was 69%, compared to 36% in North-East Lincolnshire and 49% in England. In 2001 ''

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'' listed the school as the 137th best comprehensive in the country, based on GCSE results. In 2018 the school's GCSE results were above average. The percentage of pupils attaining Grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs was 51%, compared to 37% in North-East Lincolnshire and 40% in England. Attainment 8 and

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were also above average.

Sports

A pupil won the under-15 long jump national title in 2017.

Teaching School

The school is responsible for The Humber

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Notable former pupils

* Maxine Carr – convicted of providing a false alibi in the

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case * Ian Huntley, murderer of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in

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in 2002 *

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, Conservative MP since 2019 for

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; gained 3 O-levels in 1985''Grimsby Evening Telegraph'' Tuesday 3 September 1985, page 5 *

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, Labour MP from 2015-19 for Great Grimsby

References

External links

Healing School official website
{{authority control Secondary schools in the Borough of North East Lincolnshire Academies in the Borough of North East Lincolnshire