Caistor Yarborough Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Market Rasen, Lincolnshire·LN7 6QZ
Composite score
54.8
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#1,940
National rank
#159
In East Midlands
#23
In Lincolnshire
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
44%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
3%
EBacc average points score
3.69

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 02/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
136 first choices, 141 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
251
any preference, for 141 places
Applications from another council area
50%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520220.9320230.9320240.9520250.962026

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

Every child who put Caistor Yarborough Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
611
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,655
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
90%
78 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Caistor Yarborough Academy

Caistor Yarborough Academy is a secondary school in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 611 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted (December 2025). In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 43.8, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 2.2 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

44% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Caistor Yarborough Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 136 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 90% 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 22.3 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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