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15.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals.
Ofsted: Report card: achievement needs attention, curriculum and teaching expected standard
125 pupils at the end of Year 11.
88 A-level students; average grade C-, best three A levels averaging C. Progress: below average (value added -0.16).
For Year 7 in September 2026, 163 families put it first for 136 places (1.2 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 82% of the families who put it first got a place.
| Entry | Places | First choices | Per place | First choices offered a place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7, 2024 | 117 | 153 | 1.3 | 74% |
| Year 7, 2025 | 130 | 165 | 1.3 | 78% |
| Year 7, 2026 | 136 | 163 | 1.2 | 82% |
Sports hall (1 courts), 4 football pitches, 1 rugby pitch, cricket.
Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities
Income £6.1m, spending £6.1m (September 2024 to August 2025, 874 pupils).
Run by Boston Grammar School, a single-academy trust. The trust holds reserves of £1.2m, 19.9% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.
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Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.
One test for 14 schools (Lincolnshire (Boston, East Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven, West Lindsey)).
| Subject | Entries | A*–A | England A*–A | A* | A*–B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Studies | 27 | 11.1% | 16.8% | 3.7% | 33.3% |
| Mathematics | 27 | 48.1% | 42.8% | 14.8% | 55.6% |
| Psychology | 26 | 0% | 19.8% | 0% | 11.5% |
| Biology | 24 | 16.7% | 29% | 8.3% | 25% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 25% | 33.2% | 6.3% | 43.8% |
| English Language | 16 | 6.3% | 12.7% | 0% | 31.3% |
| History | 14 | 21.4% | 25.5% | 0% | 35.7% |
| Economics | 13 | 38.5% | 30.8% | 7.7% | 38.5% |
| Geography | 12 | 16.7% | 24.2% | 0% | 16.7% |
| English Literature | 10 | 10% | 25.2% | 0% | 20% |
| Fine Art | 8 | 12.5% | 35.5% | 0% | 37.5% |
| Physics | 8 | 25% | 32.6% | 12.5% | 50% |
| Religious Studies | 7 | 0% | 23.8% | 0% | 0% |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 7 | 0% | 15.8% | 0% | 42.9% |
| German | 7 | 0% | 19.5% | 0% | 14.3% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 33.3% | 23.5% | 0% | 33.3% |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 5 | 0% | 16.2% | 0% | 0% |
| French | 5 | 0% | 27.6% | 0% | 0% |
| Subject | Entries | Grades 8–9 | England 8–9 | Grades 7+ | Grades 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 124 | 1.6% | 9.2% | 11.3% | 81.5% |
| Mathematics | 124 | 12.1% | 13% | 25% | 96% |
| English Literature | 123 | 4.1% | 9.9% | 13% | 83.7% |
| Geography | 91 | 4.4% | 13.6% | 16.5% | 76.9% |
| Business | 88 | 6.8% | 10.9% | 14.8% | 83% |
| History | 59 | 5.1% | 15.2% | 27.1% | 76.3% |
| Religious Studies | 58 | 1.7% | 19% | 5.2% | 77.6% |
| Chemistry | 56 | 23.2% | 31.4% | 32.1% | 96.4% |
| Physics | 56 | 21.4% | 29.4% | 30.4% | 98.2% |
| Biology | 56 | 19.6% | 28.6% | 30.4% | 100% |
| Design & Technology | 52 | 15.4% | 13.3% | 21.2% | 84.6% |
| German | 47 | 4.3% | 20.6% | 8.5% | 87.2% |
| Physical Education | 36 | 16.7% | 12.8% | 38.9% | 94.4% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 10% | 19.9% | 13.3% | 76.7% |
| French | 29 | 3.4% | 18.1% | 6.9% | 86.2% |
| Art and Design | 22 | 13.6% | 13.2% | 31.8% | 100% |
| Other Modern Languages | 11 | 45.5% | 31.4% | 45.5% | 54.5% |
| Music | 9 | 11.1% | 20.5% | 22.2% | 77.8% |