Lincoln Castle Academy
About the school
Lincoln Castle Academy is an open secondary school in Lincolnshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 5 July 2022
- Published
- 21 September 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Inadequate
Category of concern: SWK
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Inadequate
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 40.8
- Lincolnshire
- 45.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Lincolnshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 41.70%
- Lincolnshire
- 41.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 62.10%
- Lincolnshire
- 62.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 11.70%
- Lincolnshire
- 37.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.51
- Lincolnshire
- 3.98
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
709
Girls
46.40%
Boys
53.60%
SEN support
10.58%
Education, health and care plan
5.36%
English as an additional language
20.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
43.86%
Overall absence
11.96
Persistent absence
33.55