GCSE results 2026

Lincolnshire GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 54 state secondary schools in Lincolnshire, 8,218 pupils. Lincolnshire ranks 91 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.3 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

43.1%

4.7 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

10.5%

4.2 pts below England

Attainment 8

46.2

1.4 points below England

Council rank

91 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Lincolnshire at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: The King's School, Grantham (73.2); highest non-selective: The Priory Academy LSST (52.0).
Schools range from 27.6 to 73.2 on Attainment 8, a spread of 45.6 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 36.5, 13.6 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at The King's School, Grantham (70.1).
Lincolnshire has 15 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Lincolnshire.
Most improved on 2025: Cowley Academy, up 7.8 points to 44.3.

Every Lincolnshire secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	The King's School, GranthamGrammar · Boys	177	73.2	+0.5	98.3%	97.7%	52.5%	70.1
2	Caistor Grammar SchoolGrammar	102	68.9	−0.9	97.1%	90.2%	41.2%	65.3
3	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' SchoolGrammar · Girls	184	68.4	−0.4	97.8%	90.2%	33.2%	62.7
4	Bourne Grammar SchoolGrammar · Christian	238	67.2	−1.4	97.5%	87.8%	34.9%	69.0
5	Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective AcademyGrammar · Girls	121	63.0	+1.2	98.3%	82.6%	24.0%	61.2
6	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, HorncastleGrammar	120	62.7	−3.5	95.0%	82.5%	30.8%	58.6
7	Spalding High SchoolGrammar · Girls	146	62.5	−0.5	97.3%	86.3%	24.7%	60.8
8	The Queen Elizabeth's High School, GainsboroughGrammar	183	62.0	−0.5	91.8%	74.3%	27.3%	60.3
9	Carre's Grammar SchoolGrammar	89	60.0	+2.0	93.3%	82.0%	23.6%	53.3
10	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective AcademyGrammar	93	59.9	−0.6	91.4%	75.3%	21.5%	48.3
11	Spalding Grammar SchoolGrammar · Boys	149	59.9	+1.1	97.3%	77.2%	20.8%	54.6
12	King Edward VI Grammar SchoolGrammar	147	58.8	−2.5	94.6%	66.7%	19.0%	59.4
13	Boston High SchoolGrammar · Girls	110	56.6	−2.2	89.1%	67.3%	15.5%	47.8
14	The Boston Grammar SchoolGrammar · Boys	140	54.7	+1.6	87.9%	60.7%	12.9%	47.1
15	Skegness Grammar SchoolGrammar	99	54.0	+2.0	86.9%	68.7%	24.2%	51.7
16	The Priory Academy LSST	258	52.0	−1.9	77.1%	51.2%	14.7%	38.9
17	William Farr CofE Comprehensive SchoolChurch of England	241	49.1	−1.7	71.4%	51.9%	12.4%	40.2
18	Sir Robert Pattinson Academy	205	49.0	+3.1	78.0%	52.7%	7.8%	45.8
19	Bourne Academy	236	47.7	+0.5	61.4%	36.4%	6.8%	43.6
20	Lincoln UTC	115	46.8	+0.7	76.5%	54.8%	11.3%	42.7
21	Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn	164	46.6	+6.8	70.7%	44.5%	8.5%	43.5
22	Louth Academy	168	45.3	+0.3	58.9%	34.5%	3.6%	41.5
23	Caistor Yarborough Academy	91	44.6	+0.8	63.7%	46.2%	5.5%	40.3
24	Cowley Academy	120	44.3	+7.8	58.3%	30.8%	1.7%	39.5
25	Spalding Academy	249	44.1	−1.2	52.6%	26.5%	4.8%	38.5
26	The Priory Ruskin Academy	235	43.1	+1.7	59.6%	30.2%	2.6%	37.3
27	Branston Community Academy	179	42.7	−1.1	59.2%	38.5%	5.6%	30.7
28	The Priory Pembroke Academy	105	41.8	+0.8	51.4%	32.4%	4.8%	34.9
29	The Deepings School	198	41.5	+2.9	66.2%	35.4%	3.5%	33.0
30	Stamford Welland Academy	115	41.2	+1.5	47.0%	27.8%	6.1%	37.8
31	Lincoln Castle Academy	142	40.0	−0.8	59.2%	40.1%	4.9%	35.0
32	St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	110	39.9	+2.2	53.6%	30.9%	10.0%	27.2
33	The Giles Academy	139	39.6	+1.0	48.2%	21.6%	2.9%	38.2
34	St George's Academy	389	39.4	+0.1	50.6%	22.4%	2.3%	36.6
35	The Barnes Wallis Academy	97	39.0	−0.1	48.5%	27.8%	4.1%	30.9
36	Lincoln Christ's Hospital SchoolChristian	199	38.8	+0.5	50.3%	32.2%	5.5%	29.6
37	University Academy Holbeach	231	38.7	−1.2	52.4%	23.8%	0.9%	32.8
38	Charles Read Academy	49	38.4	+0.8	53.1%	24.5%	6.1%	34.6
39	King Edward VI Academy	77	38.4	−0.9	45.5%	23.4%	2.6%	35.1
40	Walton Academy	170	37.8	−3.3	45.3%	25.9%	4.1%	29.1
41	Somercotes Academy	89	37.7	−2.9	37.1%	18.0%	1.1%	34.0
42	The Priory Witham Academy	121	37.7	−0.2	42.1%	28.1%	3.3%	35.2
43	North Kesteven Academy	105	37.5	−0.4	44.8%	24.8%	1.9%	28.6
44	The Priory City of Lincoln Academy	162	37.3	+1.7	45.7%	29.6%	3.1%	28.3
45	West Grantham Church of England Secondary AcademyChurch of England	63	36.6	−3.7	42.9%	27.0%	4.8%	28.7
46	De Aston SchoolChristian	178	35.7	−6.8	46.6%	21.9%	2.2%	30.5
47	The Banovallum School	127	35.2	−6.7	42.5%	19.7%	0.8%	28.3
48	University Academy Long Sutton	139	34.0	+1.6	42.4%	18.0%	2.2%	30.0
49	John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College	114	33.3	−2.9	39.5%	21.1%	0.9%	32.6
50	The Gainsborough Academy	144	33.1	−4.9	41.0%	20.8%	0.7%	30.9
51	Haven High Academy	248	32.6	+0.9	38.7%	19.8%	1.2%	29.4
52	Skegness Academy	169	31.2	+0.5	29.0%	9.5%	0.0%	30.3
53	William Lovell Church of England AcademyChurch of England	64	28.3	−1.1	17.2%	7.8%	0.0%	26.3
54	Thomas Middlecott Academy	115	27.6	−4.5	25.2%	6.1%	0.0%	22.8
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Lincolnshire against the rest of the East Midlands

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.