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Boston High School

Boston · Girls only · ages 11 to 18

Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 139140)

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Overview

Address
Spilsby Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 9PF
Status
Open
Admits
Girls only
Age range
11 to 18
Number of pupils
837
Capacity
811
Eligible for free school meals
14.5%
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) (parentview.ofsted.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, 240 applicants named this school (158 as their first choice) for 119 places. 0 of 119 offers went to children living outside Lincolnshire.

Applications and offers by September intake
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Lincolnshire
Sept 20261192401581.30
Sept 20251072241421.31
Sept 2024942171361.41
Sept 2023941901161.20
Sept 2022931991121.20
Show all 13 years
Earlier intakes
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Lincolnshire
Sept 2021901851231.40
Sept 20201042581471.40
Sept 2019982181311.31
Sept 2018912111401.50
Sept 2017731871001.40
Sept 2016941991191.30
Sept 2015881671101.30
Sept 2014892011191.30

"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 16 July 2024: overall Good. Read the report ↗

Inspection history (4)
  • 16 July 2024: School inspection · report
  • 13 March 2018: Short inspection · report
  • 13 November 2014: Full inspection, Good · report
  • 4 January 2013: Academy conversion letter · report

Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026

Exam results

GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)

GCSE results compared with national averages
MeasureThis schoolSelective schools in EnglandAll state schools in England
Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90).56.672.146.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths67.3%93.7%46.3%
Grade 7 or above in English and maths15.5%57.7%14.2%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths89.1%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: 59.9 (2023/24) → 58.8 (2024/25) → 56.6 (2025/26).

110 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 9PF
Map location
52.98852, -0.01053
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Telephone
01205310505

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

School website
www.bostonhighschool.co.uk
Official register record
Get Information About Schools (URN 139140) ↗
Admissions policy document
Not yet available
Further reading
Wikipedia ↗

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026