Which school had the best GCSE results in Lincolnshire in 2025?

On 2025 Attainment 8, The King's School, Grantham topped the table in Lincolnshire with 72.7, against an England average of 46.1. 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 2025 archive (the 2024/25 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. 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 2025 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2025 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 2025: secondary school league table

67 state secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 6 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2025 archive of the table. See the latest Lincolnshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 67 state secondary schools 2024/25 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on Attainment 8

67 of 67 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	46.1	45%	65%	4.09	–
1 , up 1 place since 2024	The King's School, Grantham Grantham · Academy converter	72.7	95%	99%	6.78	177
2 , down 1 place since 2024	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 , up 3 places since 2024	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 , down 3 places since 2024	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 , up 2 places since 2024	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford Alford · Academy converter	60.5	72%	96%	5.62	72
11= , down 1 place since 2024	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 , up 2 places since 2024	The Boston Grammar School Boston · Academy converter	53.1	54%	86%	4.94	125
16 , down 1 place since 2024	Skegness Grammar School Skegness · Academy converter	52.0	62%	88%	4.69	108
17 , up 1 place since 2024	The Vale Academy Brigg · Academy converter	51.6	65%	77%	4.82	141
18 , up 3 places since 2024	Healing Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	51.0	62%	82%	4.83	175
19 , down 3 places since 2024	William Farr CofE Comprehensive School Lincoln · Academy converter	50.8	53%	76%	4.04	240
20 , up 3 places since 2024	John Whitgift Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	48.1	57%	72%	4.23	159
21 , down 1 place since 2024	St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy Scunthorpe · Academy converter	47.8	51%	72%	4.47	142
22 , down 3 places since 2024	Bourne Academy Bourne · Academy converter	47.2	37%	64%	3.81	235
23 , down 1 place since 2024	Lincoln UTC Lincoln · University technical college	46.1	56%	78%	3.28	117
24 , up 10 places since 2024	Sir John Nelthorpe School Brigg · Voluntary controlled school	46.0	44%	66%	4.09	133
25 , down 1 place since 2024	Sir Robert Pattinson Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	45.9	45%	66%	3.73	230
26 , down 2 places since 2024	Waltham Toll Bar Academy Grimsby · Academy converter	45.8	46%	69%	4.06	331
27= , up 1 place since 2024	Spalding Academy Spalding · Academy converter	45.3	31%	52%	3.60	266
27= , down 1 place since 2024	Winterton Community Academy Scunthorpe · Academy converter	45.3	37%	64%	3.87	102
29 , up 1 place since 2024	Louth Academy Louth · Academy sponsor led	45.0	36%	62%	3.87	151
30= , down 1 place since 2024	Branston Community Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	43.8	35%	59%	3.87	189
30= , down 3 places since 2024	Caistor Yarborough Academy Market Rasen · Academy converter	43.8	44%	66%	3.69	90
32 , up 11 places since 2024	De Aston School Market Rasen · Academy converter	42.5	40%	60%	3.65	164
33 , up 15 places since 2024	Frederick Gough School Scunthorpe · Community school	42.2	37%	56%	3.58	266
34 , up 4 places since 2024	The Banovallum School Horncastle · Academy converter	41.9	29%	62%	3.40	108
35 , up 4 places since 2024	The Priory Ruskin Academy Grantham · Academy sponsor led	41.4	22%	56%	3.45	221
36= , up 17 places since 2024	The St Lawrence Academy Scunthorpe · Academy sponsor led	41.1	29%	53%	3.43	160
36= , up 14 places since 2024	Walton Academy Grantham · Academy converter	41.1	27%	54%	3.61	172
38 , down 1 place since 2024	The Priory Pembroke Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	41.0	31%	54%	3.47	106
39 , down 4 places since 2024	Baysgarth School Barton-upon-Humber · Community school	40.9	40%	59%	3.17	200
40= , up 15 places since 2024	Havelock Academy Grimsby · Academy sponsor led	40.8	34%	57%	3.62	147
40=	Lincoln Castle Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	40.8	42%	62%	3.51	103
42 , down 12 places since 2024	Cleethorpes Academy Cleethorpes · Academy sponsor led	40.7	28%	58%	3.30	151
43 , down 4 places since 2024	Somercotes Academy Louth · Academy sponsor led	40.6	30%	46%	3.63	81
44 , up 15 places since 2024	West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy Grantham · Academy converter	40.3	31%	56%	3.24	36
45 , up 7 places since 2024	University Academy Holbeach Spalding · Academy sponsor led	39.9	28%	52%	3.40	232
46 , down 16 places since 2024	Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn Lincoln · Academy converter	39.8	28%	53%	3.52	169
47 , down 5 places since 2024	Stamford Welland Academy Stamford · Academy converter	39.7	18%	51%	3.29	83
48= , down 1 place since 2024	King Edward VI Academy Spilsby · Academy sponsor led	39.3	24%	61%	3.36	79
48= , down 7 places since 2024	St George's Academy Sleaford · Academy sponsor led	39.3	24%	50%	3.65	389
50 , down 1 place since 2024	The Barnes Wallis Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	39.1	27%	53%	3.67	104
51= , down 7 places since 2024	Giles Academy Boston · Academy sponsor led	38.6	22%	43%	3.17	153
51= , down 7 places since 2024	The Deepings School Peterborough · Academy converter	38.6	32%	59%	3.59	204
53 , down 7 places since 2024	Lincoln Christ's Hospital School Lincoln · Academy converter	38.3	32%	54%	3.24	197
54 , up 9 places since 2024	The Gainsborough Academy Gainsborough · Academy sponsor led	38.0	24%	48%	3.06	119
55= , up 6 places since 2024	North Kesteven Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	37.9	24%	53%	3.31	136
55= , up 3 places since 2024	The Priory Witham Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	37.9	24%	45%	3.23	109
57 , down 6 places since 2024	St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy Lincoln · Academy converter	37.7	26%	43%	3.41	106
58 , down 22 places since 2024	Charles Read Academy Grantham · Academy converter	37.6	30%	54%	3.23	46
59 , down 26 places since 2024	Cowley Academy Spalding · Academy sponsor led	36.5	17%	34%	2.84	125
60 , down 3 places since 2024	John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College Alford · Academy converter	36.2	20%	48%	2.95	112
61 , down 7 places since 2024	Oasis Academy Wintringham Grimsby · Academy sponsor led	35.9	27%	43%	2.99	159
62 , down 3 places since 2024	The Priory City of Lincoln Academy Lincoln · Academy sponsor led	35.6	29%	50%	3.01	174
63 , down 7 places since 2024	University Academy Long Sutton Spalding · Academy sponsor led	32.4	17%	41%	2.62	139
64 , down 1 place since 2024	Thomas Middlecott Academy Boston · Academy sponsor led	32.1	16%	35%	2.69	102
65 , down 3 places since 2024	Haven High Academy Boston · Academy converter	31.7	12%	36%	2.63	266
66 , down 1 place since 2024	Skegness Academy Skegness · Academy sponsor led	30.7	5%	30%	2.35	148
67 , down 1 place since 2024	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 "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2024 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2024 result.

Independent schools in Lincolnshire with published 2025 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
Kirkstone House School Peterborough · Other independent school	22.0	10%	21
Lincoln Minster School Lincoln · Other independent school	24.2	3%	94
Stamford Endowed Schools Lincolnshire · Other independent school	39.4	0%	195
The Acres Independent School Scunthorpe · Other independent school	6.7	0%	10

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 46.1.

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. 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.

This is the 2025 archive of the table: each school's 2025 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2025 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 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Lincolnshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Lincolnshire with published 2025 GCSE results

More about schools in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire GCSE results: common questions