St George's Academy, Sleaford

In its own words: "St George’s Academy is a large rural 11-18 mixed educational establishment, compromising of 2,351 students (including 339 in the sixth form), serving Sleaford, Ruskington and the surrounding rural areas of Lincolnshire. The Academy has a main campus is in Sleaford, with a smaller campus in the village of Ruskington."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama, chess and homework club.

In 2026, pupils at St George's Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

22% 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 -0.29: pupils made below 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 36.6, against 40.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 4.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 33 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 307 families put St George's Academy as their first choice and 502 named it as one of their preferences, for 343 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St George's Academy are Sleaford Joint Sixth Form (under 0.1 miles); Carre's Grammar School (0.2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 60); and Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy (0.3 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 63).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than St George's Academy.

St George's Academy is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 371 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 37% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 163 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 47% went on to university or other higher education, 12% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 181 pupils (7.9%) received SEN support and 107 (4.7%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

St George's Academy had 171 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Sleaford Rail Station, about 650 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tesco (outside), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St George's Academy 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 173 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, St George's Academy issued 322 suspensions, 13.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St George's Academy are Church Lane Primary School & Nursery (0.2 miles); Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.2 miles); William Alvey School (0.4 miles); and St Botolph's C of E Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.