William Farr CofE Comprehensive School

Academy converter·Secondary school Lincolnshire·LN2 3JB
Composite score
63.5
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National rank
#63
In East Midlands
#17
In Lincolnshire
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
53%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
76%
% EBacc grade 5+
5%
EBacc average points score
4.04

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
82%
269 first choices, 228 places
First choices per place
1.18
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
509
any preference, for 228 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0420221.2520231.0520241.1120251.182026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for William Farr CofE Comprehensive School yet. Lincolnshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,479
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
19.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,997
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
236 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About William Farr CofE Comprehensive School

William Farr CofE Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,479 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 50.8 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 0.7 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of secondary schools nationally.

53% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 76% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. William Farr CofE Comprehensive School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 269 first choices for 228 places. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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