Graded inspection · Sep 2023 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 entry339 applications · 180 places offered · 268 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 180 | 339 | 1.9 | 268 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 259 | 1.5 | 211 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 | 174 | 287 | 1.7 | 227 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2023 | 173 | 290 | 1.7 | 227 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2022 | 171 | 253 | 1.5 | 186 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2021 | 173 | 289 | 1.7 | 213 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 | 173 | 273 | 1.6 | 196 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 | 173 | 324 | 1.9 | 228 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 | 174 | 317 | 1.8 | 238 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2017 | 173 | 313 | 1.8 | 218 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2016 | 168 | 267 | 1.6 | 179 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 174 | 292 | 1.7 | 198 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2014 | 174 | 291 | 1.7 | 209 | 1.20 |
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.) | 184 | 68.4 | 90% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 178 | 68.8 | 87% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 176 | 69.5 | 84% | 98% | +1.04 |
| 2022/23 | 177 | 69.6 | 93% | 99% | +1.01 |
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 Grantham Girls' SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20231.9applications per place 68.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.6 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.3 km · Lincolnshire20263.1applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · LincolnshireGood20242.3applications per place 36.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · LincolnshireGood20221.9applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20242.6applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 14.0 km · Lincolnshire20262.9applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 17.2 km · NottinghamshireGood20242.7applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 17.6 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 63.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 138638 · 925/4004
- Trust
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,238 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School (URN 120632)
- Address
- Sandon Road, Grantham, NG31 9AU
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · South Kesteven
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources