Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 16 June 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 17 July 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry606 applications · 196 places offered · 224 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 3.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 3.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 3.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 3.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 2.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 196 | 606 | 3.1 | 224 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2025 | 203 | 526 | 2.6 | 227 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2024 | 191 | 548 | 2.9 | 228 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2023 | 199 | 610 | 3.1 | 286 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2022 | 195 | 590 | 3.0 | 273 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2021 | 209 | 609 | 2.9 | 281 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2020 | 207 | 607 | 2.9 | 249 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2019 | 210 | 627 | 3.0 | 280 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 | 205 | 601 | 2.9 | 322 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2017 | 205 | 562 | 2.7 | 285 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2016 | 205 | 516 | 2.5 | 270 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2015 | 205 | 443 | 2.2 | 224 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2014 | 195 | 367 | 1.9 | 183 | 0.94 |
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.) | 235 | 43.1 | 30% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 221 | 41.4 | 22% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 241 | 41.3 | 25% | 51% | +0.22 |
| 2022/23 | 231 | 43.7 | 32% | 59% | +0.15 |
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 Ruskin AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.1applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.3 km · LincolnshireOutstanding20231.9applications per place 68.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.2 km · LincolnshireGood20242.3applications per place 36.6Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · LincolnshireGood20221.9applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20242.6applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 15.3 km · Lincolnshire20262.9applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 15.9 km · NottinghamshireGood20242.7applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 16.7 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 46.6Attainment 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
- 136194 · 925/6910
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,250 pupils · 1,347 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2010
- Address
- Rushcliffe Road, Grantham, NG31 8ED
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · South Kesteven
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources