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State secondary schools in Lincolnshire

54 schools · East Midlands · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Lincolnshire has 54 state secondaries, 37 of them with sixth forms, 15 grammar schools among them. 84.7% of families got their first choice last year, about the national picture. Results run from 4.7% to 94.9% passing English and maths, a spread of 90 points, with a middle school at 32%, below England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 3 rated Outstanding, 34 Good, 6 Requires improvement, 2 Inadequate. 9 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

54 schools in Lincolnshire. Tap one, or see the full list.
5% 95% passed English & maths

Lincolnshire against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

42%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

3.5% below England

England 45%

45.1

Attainment 8 average score

in line with England

England 46.1

23%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

1.9% above England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Lincolnshire

84.7%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

96.4%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

49%

Appeals upheld267 of 548 heard

These are figures for Lincolnshire as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Lincolnshire's 54 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 5% to 95%. That is a spread of 90 percentage points, wider than most councils.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Lincolnshire schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathsenglish literatureenglish languagehistorycombined sciencegeographyartphysicschemistrybiologybusiness studiesdesign technologyreligious studiesphysical educationfrenchcomputer sciencespanishfood technology
  1. 1 Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School Grantham · 52 entries 100%
  2. 2 Spalding High School Spalding · 69 entries 96%
  3. 3 The King's School, Grantham Grantham · 128 entries 95%
  4. 4 Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy Sleaford · 54 entries 94%
  5. 5 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy Alford · 70 entries 94%
  6. 6 Carre's Grammar School Sleaford · 51 entries 94%
  7. 7 King Edward VI Grammar School Louth · 67 entries 94%
  8. 8 Spalding Grammar School Spalding · 93 entries 94%
  9. 9 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle Horncastle · 57 entries 91%
  10. 10 Boston High School Boston · 55 entries 91%
  11. 11 The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough Gainsborough · 92 entries 89%
  12. 12 William Farr CofE Comprehensive School Lincoln · 41 entries 88%
  13. 13 The Priory Academy LSST Lincoln · 58 entries 86%
  14. 14 The Boston Grammar School Boston · 88 entries 83%
  15. 15 Skegness Grammar School Skegness · 61 entries 70%
  16. 16 The Banovallum School Horncastle · 44 entries 64%
  17. 17 The Priory Pembroke Academy Lincoln · 26 entries 62%
  18. 18 Bourne Academy Bourne · 99 entries 60%
  19. 19 Spalding Academy Spalding · 145 entries 58%
  20. 20 Sir Robert Pattinson Academy Lincoln · 92 entries 56%
  21. 21 University Academy Holbeach Spalding · 104 entries 55%
  22. 22 Louth Academy Louth · 64 entries 55%
  23. 23 Cowley Academy Spalding · 68 entries 51%
  24. 24 Lincoln Christ's Hospital School Lincoln · 33 entries 48%
  25. 25 De Aston School Market Rasen · 37 entries 46%
  26. 26 North Kesteven Academy Lincoln · 40 entries 45%
  27. 27 The Giles Academy Boston · 75 entries 41%
  28. 28 The Deepings School Peterborough · 54 entries 39%
  29. 29 The Priory City of Lincoln Academy Lincoln · 76 entries 36%
  30. 30 Thomas Middlecott Academy Boston · 25 entries 24%
  31. 31 Haven High Academy Boston · 72 entries 18%
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Every school in Lincolnshire

Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

12 of 54 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Lincolnshire

33 of Lincolnshire's 37 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Lincolnshire

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Cambridgeshire 35 schools · 50% passed English & mathsLeicestershire 44 schools · 47% passed English & mathsNorfolk 53 schools · 45% passed English & mathsNorth East Lincolnshire 10 schools · 36% passed English & mathsNorth Lincolnshire 14 schools · 42% passed English & mathsNorth Northamptonshire 21 schools · 38% passed English & mathsNottinghamshire 44 schools · 47% passed English & mathsPeterborough 15 schools · 39% passed English & mathsRutland 3 schools · 54% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.