Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, Grantham

In 2026, pupils at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 68.4, 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 68.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.04: 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.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 62.7, against 69 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Chemistry and Physics.

Kesteven and Grantham Girls' 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, 268 families put Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School as their first choice and 339 named it as one of their preferences, for 180 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 88 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Kesteven and Grantham Girls' 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, Kesteven and Grantham Girls' 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 Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School are The King's School, Grantham (0.4 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 73.2); The Priory Ruskin Academy (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 43.1); West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.6); and Walton Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.8).

Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 6% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 147 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 76% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 42% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 120 pupils (9.7%) received SEN support and 4 (0.3%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Grantham Rail Station, about 920 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kesteven & Grantham School (adjacent), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 357 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, Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School issued 7 suspensions, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School are Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.2 miles); The Little Gonerby Church of England Primary Academy, Grantham (0.3 miles); St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles); and St Anne's Church of England Primary School, Grantham (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.