Skegness Grammar School

Academy converter·Secondary school Skegness, Lincolnshire·PE25 2QS
Composite score
65.0
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#697
National rank
#49
In East Midlands
#16
In Lincolnshire
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
52.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
62%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
88%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
4.69

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
54%
129 first choices, 71 places
First choices per place
1.82
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
197
any preference, for 71 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
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1 per place
1.3420221.3820231.8520241.7620251.822026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Skegness Grammar 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
634
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
7.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,614
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
91%
70 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Skegness Grammar School is a secondary school serving Skegness, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 634 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Skegness Grammar School 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 52.0 — above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 22% of secondary schools nationally.

62% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 88% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Skegness Grammar School is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 129 first choices for 71 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.0%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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