The Gainsborough Academy
Sweyn Lane, Gainsborough, DN21 1PB
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Not published
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 767 (379 boys, 388 girls)
- Capacity: 1200
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 65.4%
- Telephone: 01427612411
- Ofsted: Requires improvement (10 Jul 2024)
- Attainment 8: 33.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 179 applications, 155 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Lincolnshire
- Castle Wood Academy (0.6 miles, straight line)
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- White's Wood Academy (0.7 miles, straight line)
- The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy (0.8 miles, straight line)
- The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough (0.9 miles, straight line)
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School (1 miles, straight line)
