Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective
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 entry348 applications · 171 places offered · 280 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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 | 171 | 348 | 2.0 | 280 | 1.64 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 300 | 1.7 | 227 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2024 | 170 | 303 | 1.8 | 248 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2023 | 172 | 258 | 1.5 | 191 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 172 | 310 | 1.8 | 220 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2021 | 174 | 271 | 1.6 | 200 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 174 | 273 | 1.6 | 207 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2019 | 174 | 303 | 1.7 | 236 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2018 | 187 | 322 | 1.7 | 243 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2017 | 186 | 289 | 1.6 | 209 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 | 185 | 299 | 1.6 | 205 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 | 173 | 287 | 1.7 | 211 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2014 | 174 | 258 | 1.5 | 197 | 1.13 |
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.) | 177 | 73.2 | 98% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 177 | 72.7 | 95% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 173 | 70.7 | 97% | 98% | +1.10 |
| 2022/23 | 180 | 69.7 | 96% | 98% | +0.83 |
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 King's School, GranthamThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.0applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.6 km · LincolnshireOutstanding20231.9applications per place 68.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · Lincolnshire20263.1applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · LincolnshireGood20242.3applications per place 36.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · LincolnshireGood20221.9applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20242.6applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 14.5 km · Lincolnshire20262.9applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 16.6 km · NottinghamshireGood20242.7applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 17.5 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137166 · 925/5402
- Trust
- The King's School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,086 pupils · 1,221 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- The King's School, Grantham (URN 120698)
- Address
- Brook Street, Grantham, NG31 6RP
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · South Kesteven
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources