Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 5 October 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 entry220 applications · 136 places offered · 163 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.7; 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 | 136 | 220 | 1.6 | 163 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2025 | 130 | 201 | 1.6 | 165 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2024 | 117 | 213 | 1.8 | 153 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2023 | 110 | 202 | 1.8 | 141 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2022 | 105 | 181 | 1.7 | 125 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2021 | 122 | 216 | 1.8 | 158 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2020 | 112 | 187 | 1.7 | 133 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2019 | 109 | 219 | 2.0 | 139 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2018 | 117 | 195 | 1.7 | 145 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2017 | 97 | 185 | 1.9 | 118 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2016 | 98 | 183 | 1.9 | 120 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2015 | 96 | 167 | 1.7 | 109 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2014 | 86 | 161 | 1.9 | 108 | 1.26 |
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.) | 140 | 54.7 | 61% | 88% | – |
| 2024/25 | 125 | 53.1 | 54% | 86% | – |
| 2023/24 | 135 | 51.3 | 62% | 87% | −0.43 |
| 2022/23 | 123 | 49.0 | 47% | 88% | −0.40 |
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
- The Boston Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 54.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.5 km · LincolnshireSpecial measures 20261.5applications per place 32.6Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20242.0applications per place 56.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.2 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 27.6Attainment 8
- 10.1 km · LincolnshireGood20232.5applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · LincolnshireRequires significant improvement 20262.1applications per place 28.3Attainment 8
- 14.2 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 18.2 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20221.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 18.5 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 38.7Attainment 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
- 139180 · 925/5424
- Trust
- Boston Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 910 pupils · 924 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2013
- Replaced
- The Boston Grammar School (URN 120720)
- Address
- South End, Boston, PE21 6JY
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · Boston
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources