Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry509 applications · 228 places offered · 269 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 228 | 509 | 2.2 | 269 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2025 | 234 | 511 | 2.2 | 261 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2024 | 236 | 474 | 2.0 | 248 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 239 | 502 | 2.1 | 300 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2022 | 240 | 418 | 1.7 | 249 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 240 | 384 | 1.6 | 228 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 244 | 443 | 1.8 | 269 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 | 242 | 404 | 1.7 | 232 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 244 | 425 | 1.7 | 281 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2017 | 233 | 468 | 2.0 | 292 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2016 | 238 | 447 | 1.9 | 288 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2015 | 237 | 399 | 1.7 | 252 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2014 | 237 | 383 | 1.6 | 246 | 1.04 |
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.) | 241 | 49.1 | 52% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 240 | 50.8 | 53% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 236 | 51.5 | 54% | 77% | +0.43 |
| 2022/23 | 236 | 53.8 | 63% | 85% | +0.52 |
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
- William Farr CofE Comprehensive SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · Lincolnshire20263.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · LincolnshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20221.2applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained202446.8Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · LincolnshireGood20234.1applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · LincolnshireRequires improvement20242.1applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · Lincolnshire20251.8applications per place 37.3Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136415 · 925/5415
- Trust
- William Farr Church of England Comprehensive School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,496 pupils · 1,488 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- William Farr CofE Comprehensive School (URN 120711)
- Address
- Lincoln Road, Welton, Lincoln, LN2 3JB
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · West Lindsey
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources