Graded inspection · Apr 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 30 April 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 5 October 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry229 applications · 108 places offered · 102 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 2.3; 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 1.9; 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
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 | 108 | 229 | 2.1 | 102 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 98 | 195 | 2.0 | 79 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 | 108 | 165 | 1.5 | 79 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2023 | 104 | 171 | 1.6 | 72 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2022 | 102 | 145 | 1.4 | 57 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2021 | 85 | 154 | 1.8 | 53 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2020 | 100 | 165 | 1.7 | 49 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2019 | 112 | 255 | 2.3 | 110 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 115 | 203 | 1.8 | 101 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 75 | 135 | 1.8 | 59 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2016 | 98 | 161 | 1.6 | 75 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2015 | 76 | 143 | 1.9 | 71 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 105 | 197 | 1.9 | 85 | 0.81 |
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.) | 110 | 39.9 | 31% | 54% | – |
| 2024/25 | 106 | 37.7 | 26% | 43% | – |
| 2023/24 | 108 | 37.0 | 26% | 50% | −0.58 |
| 2022/23 | 105 | 33.3 | 20% | 44% | −0.70 |
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
- St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20242.1applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Lincolnshire20251.8applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20232.3applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · LincolnshireGood20234.1applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained202446.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · LincolnshireSpecial measures 20261.5applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · LincolnshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20221.2applications per place 40.0Attainment 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
- 139623 · 925/5421
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 628 pupils · 601 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2013
- Replaced
- St Peter and St Paul, Lincoln's Catholic High School, A Science College (URN 120717)
- Address
- Western Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 7SX
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · Lincoln
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources