Caistor Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 24 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
136350
Address
Church Street, Caistor, LN7 6QJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
669 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
7.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.1%
Persistent absence
6.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.9%
Indian 7.9%
Mixed 4.2%
Other Asian 4.2%
Chinese 3.4%
Other White 2.8%
Pakistani 2.7%
African 1.6%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other 1.2%
Other Black 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 95%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 89%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 69.6
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.87
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE83
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE94
English LiteratureGCSE93
FrenchGCSE43
GeographyGCSE80
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Caistor Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
96
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
116
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
51
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
103
49
54
Year 8
103
58
45
Year 9
102
50
52
Year 10
102
57
45
Year 11
94
48
46
Year 12
72
27
45
Year 13
93
41
52
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
6.0%
40.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
73.0%
40.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
16.0%
3.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
59.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
48.0%
18.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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