Graded inspection · Nov 2024 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry273 applications · 124 places offered · 148 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 124 | 273 | 2.2 | 148 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2025 | 103 | 193 | 1.9 | 107 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 131 | 215 | 1.6 | 132 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2023 | 121 | 211 | 1.7 | 119 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 143 | 227 | 1.6 | 146 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 124 | 212 | 1.7 | 133 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 114 | 218 | 1.9 | 111 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 127 | 247 | 1.9 | 134 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 122 | 234 | 1.9 | 117 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 124 | 237 | 1.9 | 124 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 106 | 198 | 1.9 | 109 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 | 120 | 242 | 2.0 | 116 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 143 | 257 | 1.8 | 144 | 1.01 |
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.) | 121 | 63.0 | 83% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 114 | 61.8 | 85% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 141 | 65.3 | 92% | 99% | +0.67 |
| 2022/23 | 127 | 65.6 | 90% | 98% | +0.55 |
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
- Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 63.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.5 km · LincolnshireGood20241.5applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · LincolnshireGood20232.0applications per place 60.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 13.0 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 17.5 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 17.6 km · Lincolnshire20263.1applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 17.6 km · LincolnshireOutstanding20231.9applications per place 68.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 17.9 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 19.6 km · LincolnshireGood20242.3applications per place 36.6Attainment 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
- 137667 · 925/4005
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 822 pupils · 747 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2011
- Replaced
- Kesteven and Sleaford High School (URN 120633)
- Address
- Jermyn Street, Sleaford, NG34 7RS
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · North Kesteven
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources