William Lovell Church of England Academy
About the school
William Lovell Church of England 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
- 10 March 2026
- Published
- 20 May 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Category of concern: RSI
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 29.4
- 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
- 12.70%
- Lincolnshire
- 41.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 25.50%
- Lincolnshire
- 62.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 0.00%
- Lincolnshire
- 37.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.46
- 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
315
Girls
47.30%
Boys
52.70%
SEN support
34.60%
Education, health and care plan
6.98%
English as an additional language
10.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
51.43%
Overall absence
14.51
Persistent absence
41.23
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
55
Sustained education or employment
84%
Education
73%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
9%