Report card · inspected Dec 2025
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 9 December 2025Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
- 10 May 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry298 applications · 166 places offered · 157 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 166 | 298 | 1.8 | 157 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 166 | 287 | 1.7 | 143 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 | 165 | 314 | 1.9 | 164 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 161 | 357 | 2.2 | 154 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 144 | 299 | 2.1 | 152 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2021 | 164 | 316 | 1.9 | 152 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 164 | 313 | 1.9 | 173 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2019 | 167 | 321 | 1.9 | 174 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 166 | 280 | 1.7 | 156 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 160 | 328 | 2.1 | 162 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 141 | 238 | 1.7 | 127 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 | 141 | 258 | 1.8 | 130 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 135 | 267 | 2.0 | 123 | 0.91 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 162 | 37.3 | 30% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 174 | 35.6 | 29% | 50% | – |
| 2023/24 | 167 | 34.0 | 26% | 47% | −0.64 |
| 2022/23 | 154 | 40.0 | 30% | 58% | −0.33 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Priory City of Lincoln AcademyThis schoolThis school20251.8applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · LincolnshireRequires improvement20242.1applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20232.3applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · LincolnshireGood20234.1applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · LincolnshireSpecial measures 20261.5applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained202446.8Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · LincolnshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20221.2applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135564 · 925/6906
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 950 pupils · 922 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2008
- Replaced
- The City of Lincoln Community College (URN 120647)
- Address
- Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, LN6 0EP
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · Lincoln
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources