[1] Cleethorpes Academy is owned and operated by Tollbar MAT, an educational trust formed in May 2012 as a group of schools in the Lincolnshire LEA.

It became a comprehensive in 1973, and had a sixth form, when under the jurisdiction of the Lindsey Education Committee, based in Lincoln (from which it received its name).

Johnson resigned officially a month later, after the OFSTED report was published, confirming the schools special measures status.

She was replaced on an interim basis by Jim Cunningham who was drafted in as a result of his experience with other failing schools in the area.

Since it has turned into Cleethorpes Academy, it has continued to improve with exam results improving year on year, 2012 results saw Cleethorpes Academy moving above the national average for 5+ GCSEs at grades 9-4 including English and Maths.