Caistor Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 25 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
683 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
5.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.9%
Persistent absence
7.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.7%
Indian 7%
Other Asian 4.5%
Mixed 4%
Chinese 3.7%
Other White 3.1%
Pakistani 2.8%
African 1.5%
Other 1%
Other Black 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.55
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 95%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 91%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 69.2
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.77
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE95
ChemistryGCSE95
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE55
English LanguageGCSE100
English LiteratureGCSE100
FrenchGCSE35
GeographyGCSE64
GermanGCSE52
Year 2023-2024

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
129
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
15
From another Local Authority
136
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
65
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
102
57
45
Year 8
101
50
51
Year 9
102
57
45
Year 10
98
49
49
Year 11
100
40
60
Year 12
95
41
54
Year 13
85
56
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
86.6%
85.6%
Further education
3.0%
39.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
79.0%
43.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
12.0%
3.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
4.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
66.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
59.0%
24.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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