Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 14 2017 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
137667
Address
Jermyn Street, NG34 7RS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
772 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
0.4%
Girls
99.6%
First language not English
3.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.8%
Persistent absence
16.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86%
Mixed 5%
Other White 3%
Other 1.9%
Indian 1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Irish 0.5%
African 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and 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 91%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 90%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 65.6
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.22
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE7
BiologyGCSE84
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE84
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE125
English LiteratureGCSE125
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
131
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
132
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
13
From another Local Authority
25
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
123
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
19
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 classes23.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
128
0
128
Year 8
138
0
138
Year 9
124
0
124
Year 10
115
0
115
Year 11
141
0
141
Year 12
73
3
70
Year 13
53
0
53
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
88.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
27.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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