Walton Academy, Grantham

In 2026, pupils at Walton Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

26% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 41.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.16: 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 29.1, against 43.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 80 families put Walton Academy as their first choice and 325 named it as one of their preferences, for 175 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 Walton Academy are West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.6); The King's School, Grantham (1.4 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 73.2); Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School (1.4 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 68.4); and The Priory Ruskin Academy (1.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 43.1).

Walton Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Walton Academy is one of 16 schools run by Diverse Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 62% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 54 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 63% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 15% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

37.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Walton Academy had 68 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 Grantham Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Walton Academy, 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 142 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, Walton Academy issued 222 suspensions, 24.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Walton Academy are West Grantham Church of England Primary Academy (0.5 miles); Huntingtower Community Primary Academy (0.7 miles); The Isaac Newton Primary School (0.8 miles); and St Anne's Church of England Primary School, Grantham (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.