Bourne Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bourne, 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 2025
19.348 miles
Published by Lincolnshire County Council · offers on 3 March 2025
2021–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bourne Grammar School is a secondary school in Bourne, Lincolnshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. Lincolnshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2025 entry.
Bourne Grammar School 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.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | 19.348 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2025 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 19.348 miles away, and that was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 301 first-choice applications for 238 offers; 234 offers went to first-choice families, and 67 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- 131 of the 483 applications (27%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Lincolnshire, and 34 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 92% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Lincolnshire.
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
- South Road, Bourne, PE10 9JE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Lincolnshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,718 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are keen to attend Bourne Grammar School because they value the education they receive.”
- “They feel safe at the school and enjoy good working relationships with staff.”
- “Leaders ensure that all pupils, including sixth-form students, benefit from very highquality education.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have only recently begun to ensure that all pupils have high-quality, impartial careers advice and guidance.”
- “Pupils have not had sufficient opportunities to learn about different faiths, beliefs and cultures to ensure that they appreciate the differences that can be found across the world, as well as those things that are the same.”
- “Pupils’ personal development has recently benefited from more attention from leaders.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2022 (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) | 92% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 68.6 | 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: 301 first-preference applications, 238 offers in total, 234 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.
- Bourne Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Charles Read Academy 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Deepings School 6.8 mi Not judged
- Stamford Welland Academy 8.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Spalding Grammar School 9.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Spalding High School 9.8 mi Outstanding
- Spalding Academy 10.0 mi Standards maintained
- Cowley Academy 12.3 mi Not judged