England · Grammar school
The Boston Grammar School
Boston · Boys only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 139180)
Overview
- Address
- South End, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 6JY
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Boys only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 924
- Capacity
- 910
- Eligible for free school meals
- 15.6%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Fully selective area25% of Year 7 places offered in Lincolnshire for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- For September 2026 and 2027 entry there is no catchment area. After looked-after children, children registered for pupil premium and siblings, places go to qualifying children living closest (straight line).
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2026 and 2027 entry any child reaching the qualifying score can be offered a place; if oversubscribed, places go by straight-line distance.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 220 applicants named this school (163 as their first choice) for 136 places. 0 of 136 offers went to children living outside Lincolnshire.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Lincolnshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 136 | 220 | 163 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Sept 2025 | 130 | 201 | 165 | 1.3 | 1 |
| Sept 2024 | 117 | 213 | 153 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Sept 2023 | 110 | 202 | 141 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Sept 2022 | 105 | 181 | 125 | 1.2 | 0 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Lincolnshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 122 | 216 | 158 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Sept 2020 | 112 | 187 | 133 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Sept 2019 | 109 | 219 | 139 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Sept 2018 | 117 | 195 | 145 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Sept 2017 | 97 | 185 | 118 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Sept 2016 | 98 | 183 | 120 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Sept 2015 | 96 | 167 | 109 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Sept 2014 | 86 | 161 | 108 | 1.3 | 0 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Lincolnshire" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (lincolnshire.gov.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates for September 2027 entry
- Test registration (Lincolnshire grammar schools)
- 7 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
- Test date
- 12 September 2026, 19 September 202612 Sep verbal reasoning, 19 Sep non-verbal reasoning. Opening varies by school (7 or 9 Jan); some schools closed 20 Mar; one school late window to 17 Jul 2026. Caistor Grammar runs its own process (registration closed 14 Aug 2026). Results from grammar schools are not an offer.
- Results sent to families
- 9 October 2026
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 January 2013
Unverified: test dates come from desk research (medium confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: kings.lincs.sch.uk/admissions/entry-to-year-7-in-september-2027/registration-for-entry-2027, kings.lincs.sch.uk/admissions/entry-to-year-7-in-september-2027, kestevengrantham.lincs.sch.uk.
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Guide to the Lincolnshire grammar schools and its schools · How applying works
Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (kings.lincs.sch.uk), last checked 1 November 2026 · Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 28 April 2026. Read the report ↗
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Post 16 provision
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (9)
- 28 April 2026: School inspection · report
- 5 October 2021: School inspection · report
- 10 February 2021: Monitoring visit · report
- 11 December 2019: Monitoring visit · report
- 6 March 2018: Full inspection · report
- 13 October 2016: Monitoring visit · report
- 9 February 2016: Full inspection · report
- 22 May 2013: Full inspection · report
- 4 January 2013: Academy conversion letter · report
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 54.7 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60.7% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 12.9% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 87.9% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 51.3 (2023/24) → 53.1 (2024/25) → 54.7 (2025/26).
140 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- PE21 6JY
- Map location
- 52.97438, -0.02103
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01205366444
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.bostongrammarschool.co.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 139180) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026