Carre's Grammar School, Sleaford

In its own words: "Carre's Grammar School has 800 students on roll, being boys only in Years 7 to 11 and co-educational in the Sixth Form."

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am delighted to welcome you to Carre's Grammar School, an over-subscribed selective Academy located in the market town of Sleaford. We are proud to be part of the Community Inclusive Trust, following our recent merger, which marks an exciting new chapter in our development."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, cooking, debating, Duke of Edinburgh and book club.

In 2026, pupils at Carre's Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 60, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

82% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 58 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.01: pupils made about 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 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Geography, Physics and Biology.

Carre's 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, 95 families put Carre's Grammar School as their first choice and 230 named it as one of their preferences, for 113 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 11 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Carre's 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, Carre's 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.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Carre's Grammar School are St George's Academy (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.4); Sleaford Joint Sixth Form (0.3 miles); and Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy (0.4 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 63).

Carre's Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Carre's Grammar School is one of 19 schools run by Community Inclusive Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 109 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 25% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 112 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 50% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 34% into work. 28% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (84%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 30 pupils (3.7%) received SEN support and 4 (0.5%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Sleaford Rail Station, about 790 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tesco (adjacent), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Carre's Grammar School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 168 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Carre's Grammar School issued 36 suspensions, 4.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Carre's Grammar School are Church Lane Primary School & Nursery (0.1 miles); William Alvey School (0.3 miles); Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles); and St Botolph's C of E Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.