Haven High Academy, Boston

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Haven High Academy on 6 areas: 1 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a broad and interesting personal development programme that prepares pupils well for adulthood and for their lives in modern Britain."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' achievement across the curriculum is inconsistent."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Despite some improvements, a minority of pupils do not behave as well as they should."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The quality of teaching varies."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Planned strategies to support pupils to overcome barriers to learning are not implemented consistently across the school."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "After a turbulent past, the school's leadership has strengthened and stabilised."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders need to make sure that the strategies they have planned to meet their priorities for improvement are impactful and lead to sustained improvement"; "Leaders need to make sure that staff have the expertise to implement planned classroom strategies to help pupils overcome barriers to learning and that staff apply these strategies consistently"; "Leaders should make sure that the curriculum is designed and delivered consistently so that all pupils achieve well and are well prepared for their next stages"; "Leaders need to ensure that teachers check pupils' understanding routinely and adapt their teaching to resolve any gaps or misconceptions so that pupils gain knowledge securely"; "Leaders need to make sure that the curriculum consistently supports pupils who have weak foundations in reading, writing and mathematics to catch up quickly"; "Leaders need to make sure that any incidents of poor behaviour are challenged and addressed consistently"; "Leaders should continue to refine the wider personal development offer so that all pupils are very well prepared for their lives in modern Britain".

In its own words: "Vision : To provide an exceptional, aspirational and inclusive education, driven by ambition, where all members of our community can reach their full potential. M ission: We are relentlessly ambitious for ourselves, each other and the community. The Voyage Education Partnership is committed to working with others to raise achievement for all."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are relentlessly ambitious for our students, academy and local community, and understand the importance of us all working together to secure our aspirations. At Haven High we have high expectations of students and staff that help us to succeed."

In 2026, pupils at Haven High Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 32.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

20% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 31.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.65: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 29.4, against 34.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 128 families put Haven High Academy as their first choice and 266 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Haven High Academy are Boston High School (0.6 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 56.6); The Boston Grammar School (0.9 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 54.7); and Thomas Middlecott Academy (4.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 27.6).

Haven High Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Haven High Academy is one of 11 schools run by Voyage Education Partnership, an academy trust.

Of the 260 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 74% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

40.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 47.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Boston Rail Station, about 1100 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oak Crescent (adjacent), 200 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 330 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Haven High Academy issued 1473 suspensions, 115.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 15 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Haven High Academy are Park Academy (0.2 miles), Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston (0.6 miles), Tower Road Academy (0.6 miles) and Carlton Road Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.