| Motto | Broadening Horizons |
|---|---|
| Established | September 2007 |
| Principal | Nicholas O'Sullivan |
| Sponsor | David Ross |
| Founder | David Ross Foundation |
| Specialism | Maths & Computing |
| Location | Holyoake Road Old Clee, Grimsby North East Lincolnshire DN32 8JL England |
| Local authority | North East Lincolnshire |
| DfE number | ???/6907 |
| DfE URN | 135294 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 918 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Archer Eagle Fortune Illustrious Jaguar Ramillies Tiger Vanguard |
| Former name | Havelock School |
| Website | www.havelockacademy.co.uk |
Havelock Academy is a secondary school and sixth form, with Academy status, based in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England.
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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).
The school is named after Havelok the Dane.
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.
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.
It became an Academy in 2007.
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.