Which school has the best GCSE results in Lincolnshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, The King's School, Grantham tops the table in Lincolnshire with 72.7, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Lincolnshire schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Lincolnshire show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Lincolnshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

69 state secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 5 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 69 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on Attainment 8

69 of 69 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	The King's School, Grantham Grantham · Academy converter	72.7	95%	99%	6.78	177
2	Caistor Grammar School Market Rasen · Academy converter	69.8	89%	98%	6.88	94
3	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School Grantham · Academy converter	68.8	87%	98%	6.04	178
4	Bourne Grammar School Bourne · Academy converter	68.6	92%	98%	6.62	239
5	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle Horncastle · Academy converter	66.2	89%	98%	6.35	123
6	Spalding High School Spalding · Community school	63.0	75%	94%	5.99	146
7	The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough Gainsborough · Community school	62.5	80%	94%	6.06	177
8	Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy Sleaford · Academy converter	61.8	85%	98%	5.93	114
9	King Edward VI Grammar School Louth · Academy converter	61.3	81%	97%	5.89	149
10	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford Alford · Academy converter	60.5	72%	96%	5.62	72
11=	Boston High School Boston · Academy converter	58.8	77%	96%	5.26	119
11=	Spalding Grammar School Spalding · Academy converter	58.8	75%	95%	5.32	145
13	Carre's Grammar School Sleaford · Academy converter	58.0	78%	93%	5.46	106
14	The Priory Academy LSST Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	53.9	59%	82%	5.22	254
15	The Boston Grammar School Boston · Academy converter	53.1	54%	86%	4.94	125
16	Skegness Grammar School Skegness · Academy converter	52.0	62%	88%	4.69	108
17	The Vale Academy Brigg · Academy converter	51.6	65%	77%	4.82	141
18	Healing Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	51.0	62%	82%	4.83	175
19	William Farr CofE Comprehensive School Lincoln · Academy converter	50.8	53%	76%	4.04	240
20	Casterton College Rutland Stamford · Academy converter	48.7	50%	74%	4.50	193
21	John Whitgift Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	48.1	57%	72%	4.23	159
22	St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy Scunthorpe · Academy converter	47.8	51%	72%	4.47	142
23	Bourne Academy Bourne · Academy converter	47.2	37%	64%	3.81	235
24	Lincoln UTC Lincoln · University technical college	46.1	56%	78%	3.28	117
25	Sir John Nelthorpe School Brigg · Voluntary controlled school	46.0	44%	66%	4.09	133
26	Sir Robert Pattinson Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	45.9	45%	66%	3.73	230
27	Waltham Toll Bar Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	45.8	46%	69%	4.06	331
28=	Spalding Academy Spalding · Academy converter	45.3	31%	52%	3.60	266
28=	Winterton Community Academy Scunthorpe · Academy converter	45.3	37%	64%	3.87	102
30	Louth Academy Louth · Academy sponsor led	45.0	36%	62%	3.87	151
31=	Branston Community Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	43.8	35%	59%	3.87	189
31=	Caistor Yarborough Academy Market Rasen · Academy converter	43.8	44%	66%	3.69	90
33	De Aston School Market Rasen · Academy converter	42.5	40%	60%	3.65	164
34	Frederick Gough School Scunthorpe · Community school	42.2	37%	56%	3.58	266
35	The Banovallum School Horncastle · Academy converter	41.9	29%	62%	3.40	108
36	The Priory Ruskin Academy Grantham · Academy sponsor led	41.4	22%	56%	3.45	221
37=	The St Lawrence Academy Scunthorpe · Academy sponsor led	41.1	29%	53%	3.43	160
37=	Walton Academy Grantham · Academy converter	41.1	27%	54%	3.61	172
39	The Priory Pembroke Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	41.0	31%	54%	3.47	106
40	Baysgarth School Barton-upon-Humber · Community school	40.9	40%	59%	3.17	200
41	Havelock Academy Grimsby · Academy sponsor led	40.8	34%	57%	3.62	147
42=	Cleethorpes Academy Cleethorpes · Academy sponsor led	40.7	28%	58%	3.30	151
42=	Lincoln Castle Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	40.7	42%	62%	3.51	103
44	Somercotes Academy Louth · Academy sponsor led	40.6	30%	46%	3.63	81
45	West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy Grantham · Academy converter	40.3	31%	56%	3.24	36
46	University Academy Holbeach Spalding · Academy sponsor led	39.9	28%	52%	3.40	232
47	Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn Lincoln · Academy converter	39.8	28%	53%	3.52	169
48	Stamford Welland Academy Stamford · Academy converter	39.7	18%	51%	3.29	83
49=	King Edward VI Academy Spilsby · Academy sponsor led	39.3	24%	61%	3.36	79
49=	St George's Academy Sleaford · Academy sponsor led	39.3	24%	50%	3.65	389
51	The Barnes Wallis Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	39.1	27%	53%	3.67	104
52=	The Deepings School Peterborough · Academy converter	38.6	32%	59%	3.59	204
52=	The Giles Academy Boston · Academy sponsor led	38.6	22%	43%	3.17	153
54	Lincoln Christ's Hospital School Lincoln · Academy converter	38.3	32%	54%	3.24	197
55	The Gainsborough Academy Gainsborough · Academy sponsor led	38.0	24%	48%	3.06	119
56=	North Kesteven Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	37.9	24%	53%	3.31	136
56=	The Priory Witham Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	37.9	24%	45%	3.23	109
58	St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	37.7	26%	43%	3.41	106
59	Charles Read Academy Grantham · Academy converter	37.6	30%	54%	3.23	46
60	Cowley Academy Spalding · Academy sponsor led	36.5	17%	34%	2.84	125
61	John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College Alford · Academy converter	36.2	20%	48%	2.95	112
62	Oasis Academy Wintringham Grimsby · Academy sponsor led	35.9	27%	43%	2.99	159
63	The Priory City of Lincoln Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	35.6	29%	50%	3.01	174
64	Ormiston Maritime Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	33.3	23%	42%	2.81	137
65	University Academy Long Sutton Spalding · Academy sponsor led	32.4	17%	41%	2.62	139
66	Thomas Middlecott Academy Boston · Academy sponsor led	32.1	16%	35%	2.69	102
67	Haven High Academy Boston · Academy converter	31.7	12%	36%	2.63	266
68	Skegness Academy Skegness · Academy sponsor led	30.7	5%	30%	2.35	148
69	William Lovell Church of England Academy Boston · Academy converter	29.4	13%	26%	2.46	55

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Lincolnshire with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Castles Education Gainsborough · Other independent school	6.0	0%	21
Heckington House School East Heckington · Other independent school	2.4	0%	17
Lincoln Minster School Lincoln · Other independent school	24.2	3%	94
South Park Enterprise College (11-19) Scunthorpe · Other independent school	6.7	0%	10
Stamford Endowed Schools Lincolnshire · Other independent school	39.4	0%	195

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Lincolnshire on our composite score

Lincolnshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Lincolnshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire GCSE results: common questions