King Edward VI Grammar School

Louth, LN11 9LL · Lincolnshire grammar school

Ofsted: Good Mixed
Qualifying score (2026)
220.0
Test board
Consortium: Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools (LCGS). Total standardised score ≥ 220 across two papers (VR + NVR/spatial)

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2024-05-08)

Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked after children and previously looked after children
  2. Medical social — Children with exceptional medical/social needs, supported by professional evidence
  3. Catchment — Children living within the school's defined catchment area (varies by school)
  4. Sibling — Siblings of children on roll at the school
  5. Other qualified — All other qualifying children — tiebreaker: distance (straight line, closest first)

What the entrance test covers

Lincolnshire has two separate 11+ tests depending on the school: 1. Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools (LCGS) test — used by 14 of the 15 grammar schools. Two GL Assessment multiple-choice papers, no English or Maths component: a Verbal Reasoning paper (around 50 minutes, roughly 85 questions) and a Non-Verbal & Spatial Reasoning paper (around 35 minutes, strictly sectioned — children complete each section in order and cannot skip ahead or go back). Registration is done once in Year 5 (deadline set annually by the consortium, historically around 30 June the year before entry) and covers every consortium school the family lists. 2. Caistor Grammar School — NOT part of the LCGS consortium, so a child applying to Caistor as well as another Lincolnshire grammar school sits two different sets of exams. Caistor runs its own two Verbal Reasoning papers in the autumn term of Year 6, with a separate, earlier registration deadline (historically mid-August). A combined score of 220 or more across both papers is needed to be eligible, targeting roughly the top quarter of applicants. For both tests, passing does not itself guarantee a place — a formal school application must still be submitted through the normal coordinated admissions process, and places are then allocated using each school's oversubscription criteria.

University destinations

Oxbridge
1%
Russell Group
39%
Top-third university
44%
Any degree
91%

Of the 85-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, St Mary's ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£257,500

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Lincolnshire admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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