Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sleaford, Lincolnshire
11+ scores · 2026 entry
| Qualifying score | 220 |
From Lincolnshire grammar schools (Boston High School website) · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2024
19.1 miles
Published by Grammar School Hub (third-party site) · offers on 1 March 2024
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Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy is a secondary school in Sleaford, Lincolnshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Grammar School Hub (third-party) lists a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 entry.
Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
Published by Grammar School Hub (a third-party site), Year 7 2024 entry.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2024 | 19.1 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2024, the last child offered a place lived 19.1 miles away.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 148 first-choice applications for 124 offers; 118 offers went to first-choice families and 30 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The 11+ qualifying standardised score for 2026 entry was 220.
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 61.8 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Lincolnshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Jermyn Street, Sleaford, NG34 7RS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Lincolnshire
- Pupils on roll
- 747 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Kesteven and Sleaford High School.”
- “They thrive in the extremely positive culture that the school has established.”
- “In classrooms, pupils engage eagerly with the high-quality learning opportunities that staff provide.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 85% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 61.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 148 first-preference applications, 124 offers in total, 118 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lincolnshire.
- St George's Academy 0.3 mi Good
- Carre's Grammar School 0.4 mi Good
- Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn 8.1 mi Standards maintained
- Cowley Academy 10.9 mi Not judged
- The Priory Ruskin Academy 10.9 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School 10.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The King's School, Grantham 11.1 mi Good
- West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy 12.1 mi Good