Graded inspection · May 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 |
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 entry251 applications · 130 places offered · 146 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; 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 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
Dashed bars: as The King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth (URN 120701), the previous school.
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 | 130 | 251 | 1.9 | 146 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2025 | 137 | 228 | 1.7 | 153 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2024 | 145 | 269 | 1.9 | 201 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2023 | 143 | 246 | 1.7 | 168 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 145 | 244 | 1.7 | 170 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 145 | 258 | 1.8 | 187 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2020 | 145 | 246 | 1.7 | 183 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2019 | 143 | 244 | 1.7 | 173 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2018 | 150 | 252 | 1.7 | 168 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 118 | 206 | 1.8 | 141 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2016 | 147 | 237 | 1.6 | 156 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 * | 152 | 227 | 1.5 | 167 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 142 | 221 | 1.6 | 161 | 1.13 |
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.) | 147 | 58.8 | 67% | 95% | – |
| 2024/25 | 149 | 61.3 | 81% | 97% | – |
| 2023/24 | 143 | 61.8 | 78% | 95% | +0.33 |
| 2022/23 | 164 | 60.2 | 76% | 95% | +0.13 |
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 Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.9applications per place 58.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.0 km · LincolnshireGood20221.5applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 16.8 km · Lincolnshire20262.9applications per place 59.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 17.4 km · LincolnshireGood20222.0applications per place 33.3Attainment 8
- 18.1 km · North East LincolnshireGood20231.5applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 18.4 km · North East LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 18.7 km · LincolnshireGood20242.5applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 19.2 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 35.2Attainment 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
- 142262 · 925/5405
- Trust
- King Edward Vi Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 812 pupils · 900 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Replaced
- The King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth (URN 120701)
- Address
- Edward Street, Louth, LN11 9LL
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · East Lindsey
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources