Which school had the best GCSE results in Lincolnshire in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, The King's School, Grantham topped the table in Lincolnshire with 69.7, against an England average of 46.3. 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.

Where are the latest Lincolnshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Lincolnshire are on the main Lincolnshire GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Lincolnshire show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2023: secondary school league table

68 state secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Lincolnshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 69 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on Attainment 8

68 of 69 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	The King's School, Grantham Grantham · Academy converter	69.7	+0.83 (0.61 to 1.04)	96%	98%	6.46	180
2	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School Grantham · Academy converter	69.6	+1.01 (0.80 to 1.23)	93%	99%	6.15	177
3	Caistor Grammar School Market Rasen · Academy converter	69.2	+0.55 (0.27 to 0.83)	91%	98%	6.77	101
4	Bourne Grammar School Bourne · Academy converter	68.7	+0.60 (0.42 to 0.78)	87%	96%	6.70	246
5	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle Horncastle · Academy converter	66.6	+0.49 (0.22 to 0.75)	90%	98%	6.33	122
6	Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy Sleaford · Academy converter	65.6	+0.55 (0.30 to 0.80)	90%	98%	6.22	127
7	The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough Gainsborough · Community school	64.6	+0.39 (0.18 to 0.60)	82%	97%	6.20	182
8	Spalding High School Spalding · Community school	64.3	+0.52 (0.29 to 0.76)	85%	98%	6.09	149
9	Spalding Grammar School Spalding · Academy converter	60.9	+0.44 (0.18 to 0.70)	77%	94%	5.54	124
10=	King Edward VI Grammar School Louth · Academy converter	60.2	+0.13 (-0.10 to 0.35)	76%	95%	5.80	164
10=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford Alford · Academy converter	60.2	+0.36 (0.04 to 0.69)	68%	95%	5.61	81
12	Carre's Grammar School Sleaford · Academy converter	58.6	+0.12 (-0.14 to 0.38)	78%	93%	5.52	122
13	Skegness Grammar School Skegness · Academy converter	56.0	+0.30 (-0.04 to 0.65)	66%	87%	5.41	70
14	The Priory Academy LSST Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	55.6	+0.25 (0.07 to 0.42)	60%	84%	5.36	258
15	Boston High School Boston · Academy converter	55.4	+0.01 (-0.25 to 0.27)	69%	93%	4.87	122
16	William Farr CofE Comprehensive School Lincoln · Academy converter	53.8	+0.52 (0.34 to 0.70)	63%	85%	4.41	236
17=	Bourne Academy Bourne · Academy converter	50.0	+0.63 (0.45 to 0.81)	43%	64%	3.98	243
17=	Winterton Community Academy Scunthorpe · Academy converter	50.0	+0.05 (-0.26 to 0.37)	47%	77%	4.24	79
19	Healing Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	49.7	-0.07 (-0.27 to 0.14)	55%	82%	4.52	186
20=	The Boston Grammar School Boston · Academy converter	49.0	-0.40 (-0.65 to -0.14)	47%	88%	4.60	123
20=	The Vale Academy Brigg · Academy converter	49.0	+0.32 (0.05 to 0.59)	50%	74%	4.24	105
22	Baysgarth School Barton-upon-Humber · Community school	48.9	+0.14 (-0.07 to 0.35)	42%	63%	3.55	173
23	Walton Academy Grantham · Academy converter	48.0	+0.43 (0.18 to 0.69)	42%	70%	4.11	125
24	Casterton College Rutland Stamford · Academy converter	47.7	+0.21 (0.00 to 0.42)	51%	70%	4.28	177
25=	John Whitgift Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	47.5	+0.15 (-0.10 to 0.39)	38%	62%	4.21	130
25=	Sir Robert Pattinson Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	47.5	+0.07 (-0.12 to 0.27)	46%	70%	3.92	206
27=	Branston Community Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	47.2	+0.08 (-0.12 to 0.28)	44%	73%	4.20	201
27=	Waltham Toll Bar Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	47.2	-0.03 (-0.18 to 0.12)	38%	65%	4.13	339
29	The Barnes Wallis Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	45.7	+0.15 (-0.12 to 0.42)	28%	66%	4.14	110
30	Spalding Academy Spalding · Academy converter	45.3	+0.67 (0.49 to 0.84)	29%	58%	3.52	257
31	Sir John Nelthorpe School Brigg · Voluntary controlled school	45.1	-0.15 (-0.39 to 0.08)	42%	70%	4.06	138
32=	Charles Read Academy Grantham · Academy converter	44.6	+0.62 (0.21 to 1.02)	47%	63%	3.88	49
32=	Lincoln UTC Lincoln · University technical college	44.6	-0.24 (-0.50 to 0.02)	45%	73%	3.16	125
34=	Caistor Yarborough Academy Market Rasen · Academy converter	44.5	+0.12 (-0.20 to 0.43)	38%	69%	3.67	78
34=	Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn Lincoln · Academy converter	44.5	+0.00 (-0.22 to 0.23)	39%	61%	3.99	159
36	The Priory Ruskin Academy Grantham · Academy sponsor led	43.7	+0.15 (-0.03 to 0.34)	32%	59%	3.56	231
37	Somercotes Academy Louth · Academy sponsor led	43.6	+0.05 (-0.25 to 0.35)	31%	58%	3.79	88
38	Frederick Gough School Scunthorpe · Community school	43.4	-0.43 (-0.60 to -0.25)	38%	64%	3.76	267
39	De Aston School Market Rasen · Academy converter	43.1	+0.16 (-0.06 to 0.38)	34%	60%	3.68	162
40=	Louth Academy Louth · Academy sponsor led	42.5	+0.08 (-0.15 to 0.31)	25%	50%	3.58	151
40=	Stamford Welland Academy Stamford · Academy converter	42.5	+0.03 (-0.23 to 0.30)	34%	50%	3.78	113
42	The Banovallum School Horncastle · Academy converter	41.9	-0.04 (-0.32 to 0.24)	31%	57%	3.35	105
43	St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy Scunthorpe · Academy converter	41.8	-0.36 (-0.60 to -0.11)	38%	62%	3.92	130
44	The Priory Pembroke Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	41.7	-0.10 (-0.43 to 0.23)	39%	57%	3.46	77
45	King Edward VI Academy Spilsby · Academy sponsor led	41.4	-0.06 (-0.36 to 0.24)	25%	57%	3.49	87
46	The Giles Academy Boston · Academy sponsor led	41.3	+0.08 (-0.16 to 0.31)	25%	44%	3.27	146
47	The St Lawrence Academy Scunthorpe · Academy sponsor led	41.2	-0.18 (-0.42 to 0.06)	34%	61%	3.28	147
48	St George's Academy Sleaford · Academy sponsor led	40.5	-0.28 (-0.43 to -0.14)	28%	53%	3.65	363
49	The Priory City of Lincoln Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	40.0	-0.33 (-0.56 to -0.11)	30%	58%	3.35	154
50	Cleethorpes Academy Cleethorpes · Academy sponsor led	39.6	-0.80 (-1.02 to -0.58)	28%	60%	3.25	161
51	University Academy Holbeach Spalding · Academy sponsor led	39.5	-0.23 (-0.42 to -0.03)	25%	49%	3.22	204
52	Cowley Academy Spalding · Academy sponsor led	39.4	+0.08 (-0.19 to 0.34)	22%	42%	3.18	114
53=	Oasis Academy Wintringham Grimsby · Academy sponsor led	39.0	-0.48 (-0.69 to -0.26)	24%	48%	3.34	168
53=	The Deepings School Peterborough · Academy converter	39.0	-0.23 (-0.42 to -0.05)	27%	51%	3.45	233
55	Lincoln Christ's Hospital School Lincoln · Academy converter	38.0	-0.42 (-0.64 to -0.20)	31%	53%	3.41	182
56	The Gainsborough Academy Gainsborough · Academy sponsor led	37.8	-0.39 (-0.64 to -0.14)	18%	46%	3.15	125
57	The Priory Witham Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	37.7	-0.35 (-0.66 to -0.05)	24%	46%	3.10	82
58	John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College Alford · Academy converter	37.5	-0.46 (-0.73 to -0.20)	20%	49%	3.15	113
59	Ormiston Maritime Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	36.2	-0.88 (-1.19 to -0.57)	24%	41%	3.12	82
60	Havelock Academy Grimsby · Academy sponsor led	35.3	-0.68 (-0.89 to -0.46)	21%	46%	3.08	177
61	University Academy Long Sutton Spalding · Academy sponsor led	34.6	-0.48 (-0.72 to -0.24)	17%	44%	2.86	139
62	North Kesteven Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	34.5	-0.84 (-1.10 to -0.59)	17%	42%	2.92	130
63	St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	33.3	-0.70 (-0.98 to -0.42)	20%	44%	2.96	105
64	West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy Grantham · Academy converter	33.2	-0.29 (-0.67 to 0.09)	17%	45%	2.85	69
65	Haven High Academy Boston · Academy converter	33.1	-0.39 (-0.59 to -0.20)	14%	34%	2.68	242
66	Skegness Academy Skegness · Academy sponsor led	32.8	-0.57 (-0.80 to -0.34)	11%	31%	2.26	149
67	Thomas Middlecott Academy Boston · Academy sponsor led	29.6	-0.98 (-1.27 to -0.69)	6%	23%	2.43	101
68	William Lovell Church of England Academy Boston · Academy converter	26.7	-1.04 (-1.42 to -0.65)	4%	16%	2.16	55
–	Lincoln Castle Academy Lincoln · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Independent schools in Lincolnshire with published 2023 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
Lincoln Minster School Lincoln · Other independent school	27.7	0%	101
South Park Enterprise College (11-19) Scunthorpe · Other independent school	3.7	0%	11
Stamford Endowed Schools Lincolnshire · Other independent school	31.8	0%	206

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 2023 was 46.3.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Lincolnshire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Lincolnshire on our composite score

Lincolnshire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Lincolnshire with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire GCSE results: common questions