Graded inspection · Jan 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry157 applications · 87 places offered · 60 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 3.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.7; 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
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 | 87 | 157 | 1.8 | 60 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2025 | 65 | 121 | 1.9 | 48 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2024 | 71 | 118 | 1.7 | 42 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2023 | 73 | 150 | 2.1 | 59 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2022 | 86 | 143 | 1.7 | 69 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2021 | 103 | 173 | 1.7 | 79 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2020 | 97 | 177 | 1.8 | 84 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 93 | 304 | 3.3 | 176 | 1.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 118 | 240 | 2.0 | 132 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 120 | 236 | 2.0 | 133 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2016 | 110 | 189 | 1.7 | 99 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 | 92 | 157 | 1.7 | 84 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2014 | 82 | 147 | 1.8 | 74 | 0.90 |
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.) | 77 | 38.4 | 23% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 79 | 39.3 | 24% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 81 | 39.3 | 17% | 54% | −0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 87 | 41.4 | 25% | 58% | −0.06 |
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
- King Edward VI AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · Lincolnshire20262.9applications per place 59.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 10.9 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 33.3Attainment 8
- 11.3 km · LincolnshireRequires significant improvement 20262.1applications per place 28.3Attainment 8
- 13.8 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 14.8 km · LincolnshireGood20242.5applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 16.2 km · LincolnshireRequires improvement20231.3applications per place 31.2Attainment 8
- 16.4 km · LincolnshireGood20232.5applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 16.4 km · Lincolnshire20262.8applications per place 54.0Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138783 · 925/4002
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 357 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- King Edward VI Humanities College (URN 120659)
- Address
- West End, Spilsby, PE23 5EW
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · East Lindsey
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources