Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 21 September 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry197 applications · 71 places offered · 129 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 3.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 3.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 3.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 3.3; 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 | 71 | 197 | 2.8 | 129 | 1.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 71 | 183 | 2.6 | 125 | 1.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 61 | 156 | 2.6 | 113 | 1.85 |
| Sep 2023 | 81 | 175 | 2.2 | 112 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2022 | 92 | 187 | 2.0 | 123 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2021 | 72 | 159 | 2.2 | 108 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 96 | 187 | 2.0 | 123 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2019 | 93 | 176 | 1.9 | 105 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 34 | 120 | 3.5 | 55 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2017 | 57 | 176 | 3.1 | 85 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2016 | 47 | 145 | 3.1 | 67 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2015 | 43 | 126 | 2.9 | 73 | 1.70 |
| Sep 2014 | 46 | 150 | 3.3 | 77 | 1.67 |
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.) | 99 | 54.0 | 69% | 87% | – |
| 2024/25 | 108 | 52.0 | 62% | 88% | – |
| 2023/24 | 107 | 52.4 | 67% | 90% | −0.02 |
| 2022/23 | 70 | 56.0 | 66% | 87% | +0.30 |
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
- Skegness Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.8applications per place 54.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · LincolnshireRequires improvement20231.3applications per place 31.2Attainment 8
- 15.8 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 33.3Attainment 8
- 16.3 km · Lincolnshire20262.9applications per place 59.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 16.4 km · LincolnshireGood20231.8applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 20.6 km · LincolnshireGood20232.5applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 23.1 km · LincolnshireRequires significant improvement 20262.1applications per place 28.3Attainment 8
- 26.1 km · NorfolkGood20231.3applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 29.2 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20242.0applications per place 56.6Attainment 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
- 138757 · 925/5400
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 898 pupils · 622 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- The Skegness Grammar School (URN 120696)
- Address
- Vernon Road, Skegness, PE25 2QS
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · East Lindsey
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources