Caistor Grammar School, Market Rasen

In its own words: "Caistor Grammar School is a learning community where we work hard to enable our students to make the most of their ability, to be happy and to be fulfilled. We help our students gain an enviable academic education, to learn practical skills and to develop their power to reason. Learning, for us, goes beyond examination results."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 6pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Caistor Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 68.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

90% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 69.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.68: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Caistor Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 142 families put Caistor Grammar School as their first choice and 184 named it as one of their preferences, for 113 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 29 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Caistor Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Caistor Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Lincolnshire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Lincolnshire has 15 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

Of the 100 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 1% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 88 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 69% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 14% into work. 47% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 9.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (64%) and Asian (18%).

In 2026, 7 pupils (1%) received SEN support and 9 (1.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Caistor Grammar School.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grammar School (adjacent), 60 metres away.

In 2024/25, Caistor Grammar School issued 49 suspensions, 7.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Caistor Grammar School are Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School (0.2 miles) and Nettleton Community Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.