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Best secondary schools in Lincolnshire

52 of 55 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Lincolnshire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 1 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 The King's School, Grantham Grantham grammar 1.1 Good oversubscribed 1.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School Grantham grammar 1.04 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Bourne Grammar School Bourne grammar 0.68 Good oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Caistor Grammar School Market Rasen grammar 0.68 Good oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy Sleaford grammar 0.67 Not judged oversubscribed 1.19 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Spalding High School Spalding grammar 0.63 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.36 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Bourne Academy Bourne 0.58 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Charles Read Academy Grantham 0.58 Good about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 William Farr CofE Comprehensive School Lincoln 0.43 Good oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Louth Academy Louth hidden gem 0.42 Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Spalding Academy Spalding 0.42 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Boston High School Boston grammar 0.37 Good oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Caistor Yarborough Academy Market Rasen 0.37 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 King Edward VI Grammar School Louth grammar 0.33 Good about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Spalding Grammar School Spalding grammar 0.3 Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy Alford grammar 0.28 Good oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle Horncastle grammar 0.28 Good oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough Gainsborough grammar 0.26 Good declining oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 The Priory Ruskin Academy Grantham 0.22 Outstanding improving about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 The Giles Academy Boston 0.2 Good about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Somercotes Academy Louth hidden gem 0.15 Good undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 The Priory Academy LSST Lincoln 0.15 Good declining oversubscribed 1.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Lincoln UTC Lincoln 0.09 Good improving — approximate
24 The Banovallum School Horncastle 0.04 Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 The Priory Pembroke Academy Lincoln hidden gem 0.03 Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Carre's Grammar School Sleaford hidden gem grammar -0.01 Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Sir Robert Pattinson Academy Lincoln -0.01 Good improving about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Stamford Welland Academy Stamford hidden gem -0.01 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Skegness Grammar School Skegness grammar -0.02 Good oversubscribed 1.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn Lincoln hidden gem -0.04 Good improving about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 King Edward VI Academy Spilsby hidden gem -0.08 Good undersubscribed 0.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Cowley Academy Spalding -0.12 Not judged about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Walton Academy Grantham hidden gem -0.16 Good undersubscribed 0.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Branston Community Academy Lincoln -0.22 Not judged undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College Alford -0.26 Good about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy Grantham -0.28 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 St George's Academy Sleaford hidden gem -0.29 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 The Deepings School Peterborough -0.29 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 Lincoln Christ's Hospital School Lincoln -0.3 Not judged about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 De Aston School Market Rasen hidden gem -0.39 Good undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
41 University Academy Holbeach Spalding -0.42 Not judged undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
42 The Boston Grammar School Boston grammar -0.43 Good oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy Lincoln -0.58 Requires improvement about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
44 The Barnes Wallis Academy Lincoln -0.58 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
45 Skegness Academy Skegness -0.64 Requires improvement declining undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
46 The Priory City of Lincoln Academy Lincoln -0.64 Requires improvement about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
47 Haven High Academy Boston -0.65 Inadequate declining undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
48 University Academy Long Sutton Spalding -0.68 Requires improvement about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
49 Thomas Middlecott Academy Boston -0.78 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
50 The Gainsborough Academy Gainsborough -0.81 Requires improvement improving about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
51 North Kesteven Academy Lincoln -0.94 Not judged undersubscribed 0.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
52 William Lovell Church of England Academy Boston -1.34 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Lincolnshire

3 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Lincolnshire, not a fairer one.

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