Lincoln Castle Academy
Secondary schoolLincoln Castle Academy is a secondary school in Lincoln, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 744 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), July 2022, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 July 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Lincoln Castle Academy was 40.0, against 41.0 in Lincoln and 46.2 in England.
40.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Lincoln | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.0 | 41.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40.1% | 37.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59.2% | 56.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 142 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The St Francis Special School, LincolnSpecial. School remains Outstanding, November 2022260 m
- Mount Street AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade700 m
- Ermine Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
- Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School A Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)920 m
- Westgate AcademyPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Springwell Alternative Academy LincolnPupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), July 20221.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Lincoln
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).