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University Academy Long Sutton

  • 11–16Ages
  • 708Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 147268URN

84 Little London, Long Sutton, Spalding, PE12 9LF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.3 below Lincolnshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective

220 applications for 131 places · 39th of 52 in Lincolnshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
34.0of 90
48th of 54 in Lincolnshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 14 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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

  1. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 26 September 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Lincolnshire median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

220 applications · 131 places offered · 121 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Lincolnshire median in 0 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Lincolnshire median

Dashed bars: as The Peele Community College (URN 120645), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261312201.71210.92
Sep 20251362211.61491.10
Sep 20241402311.71461.04
Sep 20231422021.41200.85
Sep 20221111771.61070.96
Sep 20211151721.5950.83
Sep 20201312061.61250.95
Sep 2019 *1422071.51180.83
Sep 2018 *1441861.31030.72
Sep 2017 *1261701.4880.70
Sep 2016 *991681.7870.88
Sep 2015 *1051811.7870.83
Sep 2014 *1372181.61290.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

139 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)34.048th of 54 in Lincolnshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths18%50th of 54 in Lincolnshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths42%
  • This school
  • Lincolnshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.68
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13934.018%42%–
2024/2513932.417%41%–
2023/2413935.819%51%−0.68
2022/2313934.617%44%−0.48

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
147268 · 925/4044
Trust
University of Lincoln Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
720 pupils · 708 on roll
Free school meals
42.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2019
Replaced
The Peele Community College (URN 120645)
Address
84 Little London, Long Sutton, Spalding, PE12 9LF
Local authority
Lincolnshire · South Holland

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources