Lincoln Castle Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
150482
Address
Riseholme Road, LN1 3SP
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
709 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
20.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.4%
Persistent absence
34.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.4%
Other White 12.8%
African 6.2%
Mixed 3.1%
Other 2.1%
Indian 1.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 40.6
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.5
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award38
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award8
Health StudiesTechnical Award17
MultimediaTechnical Award38
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE12
ChemistryGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE103
English LiteratureGCSE94
FrenchGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Lincoln Castle Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
163
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
104
2nd preference
62
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
104
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
144
72
72
Year 8
168
92
76
Year 9
151
94
57
Year 10
140
83
57
Year 11
106
39
67
Year 2024-2025

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