Schools in Lincolnshire
321 schools with published admissions figures
Page 1 of 6. Showing 60 of 321 schools.
The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.
How the 2026 round went in Lincolnshire
Primary
-
Offered their first choice
96.3%
Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 92.4% in 2016.
-
Offered one of their three
99.7%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
-
Families who applied
6,453
Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.
For September 2026, 96.3% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 99.7% were offered one of the three schools they named.
That is 4.0 points higher than in 2016, when it was 92.4%.
The council's primary schools between them had 8,940 places for 6,453 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.
Secondary
-
Offered their first choice
84.8%
Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 91.6% in 2016.
-
Offered one of their three
96.5%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
-
Families who applied
7,828
Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.
For September 2026, 84.8% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 96.5% were offered one of the three schools they named.
That is 6.9 points lower than in 2016, when it was 91.6%.
The council's secondary schools between them had 9,247 places for 7,828 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.
Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.
If a family is refused a place
In 2026, families in Lincolnshire lodged 759 appeals about a school place.
619 of them were heard by a panel and 285 succeeded, which is about 46 in every 100 heard.
The other 140 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.
This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.
Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.
Schools here running specialist SEN provision
6 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.
| School | Phase | What it runs |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Wood Academy
Gainsborough |
primary | SEN unit |
| Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Lincoln |
primary | SEN unit |
| Ermine Primary Academy
Lincoln |
primary | SEN unit |
| Friskney All Saints Church of England Primary School
Boston |
primary | SEN unit |
| The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School
Gainsborough |
primary | SEN unit |
| The Gainsborough Academy
Gainsborough |
secondary | SEN unit |
This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.
All Through
| School | 1st prefs per place | Demand since | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Priory Witham Academy
Lincoln |
0.69 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
Primary
| School | 1st prefs per place | Demand since | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alford Primary School
Alford |
0.96 | - | Improved significantly Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary School
Grantham |
1.00 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Ancaster CofE Primary School
Grantham |
0.96 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Bardney Church of England and Methodist Primary School
Lincoln |
1.00 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Barkston and Syston CofE Primary School
Grantham |
1.06 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Barrowby Church of England Primary School
Grantham |
1.03 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Bassingham Primary School
Lincoln |
0.96 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Baston CE Primary School
Peterborough |
1.08 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Beacon Primary Academy
Skegness |
1.70 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Belmont Community Primary School
Grantham |
1.00 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Belton Lane Community Primary School
Grantham |
0.97 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Benjamin Adlard Primary School
Gainsborough |
1.11 | - | Strong standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Billingborough Primary School
Sleaford |
1.00 | - | none held |
| Binbrook CofE Primary School
Market Rasen |
- | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Blyton Cum Laughton Church of England School
Gainsborough |
0.91 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Boston Pioneers Free School Academy
Boston |
1.00 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Boston West Academy
Boston |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy
Bourne |
0.87 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary Academy
Bourne |
1.48 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Bourne Westfield Primary Academy
Bourne |
0.98 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary Academy
Lincoln |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School
Lincoln |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Branston Church of England Infant Academy
Lincoln |
0.94 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School
Lincoln |
- | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Brown's Church of England Primary School
Sleaford |
- | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Bucknall Primary School
Bardney |
- | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Bythams Primary School
Grantham |
- | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School
Market Rasen |
1.00 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Carlton Road Academy
Boston |
1.00 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Castle Wood Academy
Gainsborough |
0.98 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Caythorpe Primary School
Grantham |
- | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Chapel St Leonards Primary School
Skegness |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Cherry Willingham Primary Academy
Lincoln |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Church Lane Primary School & Nursery
Sleaford |
1.53 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Cliffedale Primary School
Grantham |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Clough and Risegate Community Primary School
Spalding |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Coleby Church of England Primary Academy
Lincoln |
- | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Colsterworth Church of England Primary School
Grantham |
0.94 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Lincoln |
0.74 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Corby Glen Community Primary School
Grantham |
1.07 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Corringham CofE VC Primary School
Gainsborough |
- | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Cranwell Primary School (Foundation)
Sleaford |
0.96 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Deeping St James Community Primary School
Peterborough |
1.10 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Deeping St Nicholas Primary School
Spalding |
1.17 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Denton CofE School
Grantham |
1.30 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Digby Church of England School
Lincoln |
1.00 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Digby the Tedder Primary School
Lincoln |
1.00 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Dunholme St Chad's Church of England Primary School
Lincoln |
1.07 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Lincoln |
0.91 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Eagle Community Primary School
Lincoln |
- | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| East Wold Church of England Primary School
Louth |
- | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Eastfield Infants and Nursery Academy
LOUTH |
0.96 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School
Lincoln |
0.97 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Ermine Primary Academy
Lincoln |
0.87 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Faldingworth Community Primary School
Market Rasen |
- | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Fishtoft Academy
Boston |
- | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Fiskerton Church of England Primary School
Lincoln |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Fleet Wood Lane School
Spalding |
0.94 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Fosse Way Academy
Lincoln |
1.00 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
Elsewhere
- Most sought-after schools in Lincolnshire by first preferences per place
- Schools in DN21 (20)
- Schools in DN36 (11)
- Schools in DN41 (4)
- Schools in LN1 (9)
- Schools in LN10 (3)
- Schools in LN11 (15)
- Schools in LN12 (3)
- Schools in LN13 (6)
- Schools in LN2 (13)
- Schools in LN3 (5)
- Schools in LN4 (18)
- Schools in LN5 (14)
- Schools in LN6 (24)
- Schools in LN7 (5)
- Schools in LN8 (10)
- Schools in LN9 (4)
- Schools in NG23 (12)
- Schools in NG31 (19)
- Schools in NG32 (9)
- Schools in NG33 (9)
- Schools in NG34 (19)
- Schools in PE10 (8)
- Schools in PE11 (19)
- Schools in PE12 (21)
- What data we hold