King Edward VI Academy, Spilsby

From the headteacher's welcome: "David Ross Education Trust schools create a rich and exciting learning environment that inspires students to become their confident, academic best. King Edward VI offers every child the opportunity to fulfil their academic, creative and sporting potential to ensure each and every child achieves academic success."

In 2026, pupils at King Edward VI Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

23% 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 39.3.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.08: pupils made about 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 35.1, against 40.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 16 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 60 families put King Edward VI Academy as their first choice and 157 named it as one of their preferences, for 87 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

King Edward VI Academy is one of 36 schools run by The David Ross Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 81 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 78% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

47.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 3.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 87 pupils (24.4%) received SEN support and 11 (3.1%) 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.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of King Edward VI Academy.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School, 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood King Edward VI Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, King Edward VI Academy issued 238 suspensions, 62.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to King Edward VI Academy are Spilsby Primary School (0.1 miles), Halton Holegate CofE Primary School (1.4 miles), Partney Church of England Aided Primary School (1.4 miles) and Toynton All Saints Primary School (1.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.