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The King’s School, Grantham

Selective

National rank

111=

Rank last year

71.5^%

A-level

62.6^%

GCSE

Secondary School of the Year in the East Midlands 2026; Secondary School of the Year in the East Midlands for Academic Excellence 2026

Need to know

Head teacher Simon Pickett

Attendance 96.0%

Gender of entry Boys

Send pupils* 6.2% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,218

Pupils on free school meals 6.8%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

23.1

24.4

A*/A

47.1

A*-B

71.5

Grade

9/8

43.3

19.3

9/8/7

62.6

What the school inspection says

“Pupils are very proud to attend this school … Pupils thrive at this school. One pupil commented: ‘The opportunities we get at King’s, we would not get anywhere else.’ … Leaders have constructed a broad and ambitious curriculum. All pupils have the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential at the school … Pupils contribute widely to the school and local community … Some of the elite-level coaching pupils receive is of the highest quality and allows pupils to excel at sports. A broad range of activities such as chess club and a war-gaming club are also available during lunchtimes … Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (Send) feel well supported. However, the strategy to identify the needs of pupils lacks precision.”

Inspection

2022

In detail *

Read the full report

*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

The academic curriculum is supported and enriched by an extensive programme of educational visits, fieldwork in subjects such as geography, language exchange programmes and visiting speakers.
Clubs include jazz ensembles, orchestras, choirs and bands.
There are regular sporting fixtures at local and national level for all age groups in rugby, cricket and football and the school also promotes minority sports, competing at national level in water polo. There is a flourishing Combined Cadet Force (CCF), and plenty of sign-ups for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and Young Enterprise schemes.
Clubs and societies attract those interested in chess, taking part in quizzes, languages, community service, charity fundraising and the arts.
The King’s School, Grantham was awarded State Secondary School of the Year in the East Midlands for Academic Excellence 2025

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Telephone

01476 563 180

Website

kings.lincs.sch.uk

Address

Brook Street, Grantham, NG31 6RP

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