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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 11 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 27 November 2018Graded 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 entry141 applications · 76 places offered · 56 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.6; 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 Birkbeck School and Community Arts College (URN 120653), the previous school.
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 | 76 | 141 | 1.9 | 56 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 118 | 2.0 | 55 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 86 | 129 | 1.5 | 70 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2023 | 74 | 123 | 1.7 | 60 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2022 | 89 | 151 | 1.7 | 87 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 89 | 147 | 1.7 | 81 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 147 | 1.6 | 84 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 84 | 124 | 1.5 | 70 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2018 | 97 | 149 | 1.5 | 84 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2017 | 93 | 150 | 1.6 | 74 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2016 | 49 | 75 | 1.5 | 38 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2015 * | 38 | 59 | 1.6 | 29 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 * | 40 | 63 | 1.6 | 34 | 0.85 |
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.) | 89 | 37.7 | 18% | 37% | – |
| 2024/25 | 81 | 40.6 | 30% | 46% | – |
| 2023/24 | 91 | 41.3 | 20% | 52% | +0.15 |
| 2022/23 | 88 | 43.6 | 31% | 58% | +0.05 |
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
- Somercotes AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · LincolnshireGood20221.5applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · LincolnshireGood20241.9applications per place 58.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 14.4 km · North East LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 16.2 km · North East LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 16.6 km · North East LincolnshireGood20231.5applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 16.8 km · North East LincolnshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 17.6 km · North East LincolnshireGood20231.2applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 18.2 km · North East LincolnshireRemains Good20231.7applications per place 35.6Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142392 · 925/4018
- Capacity
- 456 pupils · 395 on roll
- Free school meals
- 48.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2015
- Replaced
- Birkbeck School and Community Arts College (URN 120653)
- Address
- Keeling Street, North Somercotes, Louth, LN11 7PN
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · East Lindsey
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources