Boston High School

Spilsby Road, Boston, PE21 9PF

837 pupils · 103% of 811 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Selective
Trust
BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
14.5%

Ofsted

Good (2024)Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 17 July 2024, published 18 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score58.8
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)76.5%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)95.8%
Entering the English Baccalaureate37%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Oversubscribed 1.33 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry119158240119
Sept 2025 entry107142224107
Sept 2024 entry9413621794
Sept 2023 entry9411619094
Sept 2022 entry9311219993
Sept 2021 entry9012318590
Sept 2020 entry104147258104
Sept 2019 entry9813121898

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.