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Charles Read Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 277Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 136479URN

Bourne Road, Corby Glen, Grantham, NG33 4NT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
1.0 above Lincolnshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective

144 applications for 49 places · small intake, not ranked
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.4of 90
38th of 54 in Lincolnshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 8 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 3 February 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.9applications per place, Year 7
1.0 above Lincolnshire median (1.9) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

144 applications · 49 places offered · 55 named it first

Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.

  1. 2026 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Lincolnshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026491442.9551.12
Sep 2025521252.4460.88
Sep 2024551312.4490.89
Sep 2023551392.5380.69
Sep 2022531492.8531.00
Sep 2021571492.6550.96
Sep 2020551142.1410.75
Sep 2019531262.4390.74
Sep 2018541072.0390.72
Sep 2017531222.3551.04
Sep 201646922.0370.80
Sep 201543952.2380.88
Sep 201432672.1280.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

49 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.438th of 54 in Lincolnshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths25%40th of 54 in Lincolnshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • Lincolnshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.58
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)4938.425%53%–
2024/254637.630%54%–
2023/245142.529%59%+0.58
2022/234944.647%63%+0.62

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

  • 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
136479 · 925/4017
Trust
The David Ross Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
275 pupils · 277 on roll
Free school meals
40.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2011
Replaced
The Charles Read High School (URN 120638)
Address
Bourne Road, Corby Glen, Grantham, NG33 4NT
Local authority
Lincolnshire · South Kesteven

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources