England · Grammar school
The King's School, Grantham
Grantham · Boys only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 137166)
Overview
- Address
- Brook Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6RP
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Boys only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,221
- Capacity
- 1,086
- Eligible for free school meals
- 7.6%
- 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, after looked-after children and up to 20 pupil premium places, priority goes to qualifying boys living within 30 miles of the school (straight line), ranked by test score.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Sometimes: For September 2026 and 2027 entry, boys living more than 30 miles away get any places left after the within-30-miles group, in order of test score.
Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance
| Intake | Applicant group | Lowest score offered | Last distance offered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2022 | AllScore of the last place offered, per Lincolnshire FOI 3680785 | 234 | – | lincolnshire.gov.uksecondary source |
From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 348 applicants named this school (280 as their first choice) for 171 places. 89 of 171 offers went to children living outside Lincolnshire.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Lincolnshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 171 | 348 | 280 | 1.6 | 89 |
| Sept 2025 | 174 | 300 | 227 | 1.3 | 85 |
| Sept 2024 | 170 | 303 | 248 | 1.5 | 86 |
| Sept 2023 | 172 | 258 | 191 | 1.1 | 82 |
| Sept 2022 | 172 | 310 | 220 | 1.3 | 77 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Lincolnshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 174 | 271 | 200 | 1.1 | 66 |
| Sept 2020 | 174 | 273 | 207 | 1.2 | 71 |
| Sept 2019 | 174 | 303 | 236 | 1.4 | 92 |
| Sept 2018 | 187 | 322 | 243 | 1.3 | 86 |
| Sept 2017 | 186 | 289 | 209 | 1.1 | 88 |
| Sept 2016 | 185 | 299 | 205 | 1.1 | 73 |
| Sept 2015 | 173 | 287 | 211 | 1.2 | 65 |
| Sept 2014 | 174 | 258 | 197 | 1.1 | 64 |
"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 August 2011
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 13 December 2022: overall Good. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Inspection history (2)
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). | 73.2 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 97.7% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 52.5% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98.3% | 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: 70.7 (2023/24) → 72.7 (2024/25) → 73.2 (2025/26).
177 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
- NG31 6RP
- Map location
- 52.91593, -0.64169
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01476563180
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.kings.lincs.sch.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 137166) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026