Graded inspection · Jun 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 | 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 entry293 applications · 118 places offered · 167 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 118 | 293 | 2.5 | 167 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2025 | 119 | 248 | 2.1 | 156 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2024 | 119 | 228 | 1.9 | 133 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2023 | 115 | 231 | 2.0 | 152 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2022 | 120 | 247 | 2.1 | 168 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2021 | 120 | 249 | 2.1 | 156 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 255 | 2.1 | 154 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2019 | 124 | 237 | 1.9 | 146 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2018 | 117 | 231 | 2.0 | 129 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 | 125 | 254 | 2.0 | 135 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 | 114 | 240 | 2.1 | 122 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 100 | 199 | 2.0 | 109 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2014 | 121 | 229 | 1.9 | 127 | 1.05 |
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.) | 120 | 62.7 | 83% | 95% | – |
| 2024/25 | 123 | 66.2 | 89% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 124 | 62.1 | 82% | 97% | +0.28 |
| 2022/23 | 122 | 66.6 | 90% | 98% | +0.49 |
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
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, HorncastleThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.5applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.1 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20221.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 14.8 km · LincolnshireGood20231.8applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 15.6 km · LincolnshireRequires significant improvement 20262.1applications per place 28.3Attainment 8
- 18.7 km · LincolnshireGood20241.9applications per place 58.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 19.3 km · LincolnshireGood20221.5applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 20.3 km · Lincolnshire20262.9applications per place 59.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 21.1 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 33.3Attainment 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
- 138665 · 925/5411
- Trust
- Horncastle Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 920 pupils · 788 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle (URN 120707)
- Address
- West Street, Horncastle, LN9 5AD
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · East Lindsey
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources