Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
- 25 January 2022Graded 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 entry383 applications · 125 places offered · 114 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2025 3.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 3.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2023 3.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2022 2.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
- 2021 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2019 2.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2017 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.2; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
Dashed bars: as Cherry Willingham Community School (URN 120654), 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 | 125 | 383 | 3.1 | 114 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 113 | 365 | 3.2 | 126 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2024 | 114 | 375 | 3.3 | 142 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2023 | 115 | 341 | 3.0 | 144 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2022 | 110 | 289 | 2.6 | 155 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2021 | 112 | 237 | 2.1 | 106 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 94 | 237 | 2.5 | 74 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 67 | 165 | 2.5 | 57 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2018 | 53 | 109 | 2.1 | 45 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2017 * | 38 | 53 | 1.4 | 22 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2016 * | 21 | 47 | 2.2 | 17 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 * | 38 | 96 | 2.5 | 34 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 * | 50 | 120 | 2.4 | 42 | 0.84 |
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.) | 105 | 41.8 | 32% | 51% | – |
| 2024/25 | 106 | 41.0 | 31% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 82 | 42.2 | 43% | 59% | +0.03 |
| 2022/23 | 77 | 41.7 | 39% | 57% | −0.10 |
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 Priory Pembroke AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained202446.8Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · LincolnshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20221.2applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · LincolnshireGood20222.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · LincolnshireGood20234.1applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · LincolnshireRequires improvement20242.1applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · Lincolnshire20251.8applications per place 37.3Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145052 · 925/4041
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 590 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Cherry Willingham Community School (URN 120654)
- Address
- Croft Lane, Cherry Willingham, Lincoln, LN3 4JP
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · West Lindsey
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources