Skegness Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2021 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
138757
Address
Vernon Road, PE25 2QS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
634 (74% of total capacity)
Boys
48.3%
Girls
51.7%
First language not English
7.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.3%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82%
Other White 8.5%
Mixed 3%
Unclassified 3%
Chinese 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
African 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.9
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.68
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE33
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE108
English LiteratureGCSE106
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Skegness Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
71
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
125
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
66
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes18.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
99
52
47
Year 8
106
47
59
Year 9
125
65
60
Year 10
103
50
53
Year 11
108
47
61
Year 12
50
25
25
Year 13
43
20
23
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
23.0%
40.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
40.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
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
72.0%
59.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
25.0%
18.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
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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