Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy, Sleaford

In its own words: "The online form is now closed for registrations. Please complete the Year 7 September 2025 Offer of Place Acceptance form to accept/decline the offer of a place in September 2025 at Kesteven and Sleaford High School or Carre's Grammar School. We are having an Open Morning on Wednesday 18 October 2023 . Bookings are by appointment only ."

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

In 2026, pupils at Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 63, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

83% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 61.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.67: 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 61.2, against 63.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, History and Geography.

Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy 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, 148 families put Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy as their first choice and 273 named it as one of their preferences, for 124 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 30 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy 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 Sleaford High School Selective Academy 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 Sleaford High School Selective Academy are Sleaford Joint Sixth Form (0.2 miles); St George's Academy (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.4); and Carre's Grammar School (0.4 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 60).

Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy is one of 19 schools run by Community Inclusive Trust, an academy trust.

171 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 77% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (77%).

Of the 141 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 23% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 55 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 69% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 33% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

10.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 24 pupils (3.2%) received SEN support and 5 (0.7%) 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 Sleaford Rail Station, about 150 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Yorkshire Trading (adjacent), 140 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 158 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 Sleaford High School Selective Academy issued 4 suspensions, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy are Church Lane Primary School & Nursery (0.3 miles); William Alvey School (0.5 miles); Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.5 miles); and St Botolph's C of E Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.