Contested schools in Lincolnshire

These are the Lincolnshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Lincolnshire

Secondary schools (35)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Lincolnshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
The Priory Academy LSST	232	438	1.89
Skegness Grammar School	71	129	1.82
The King's School, Grantham	171	280	1.64
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	180	268	1.49
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle	118	167	1.42
Spalding High School	149	202	1.36
Boston High School	119	158	1.33
Bourne Grammar School	238	301	1.26
Caistor Grammar School	113	142	1.26
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy	68	86	1.26
The Boston Grammar School	136	163	1.20
Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy	124	148	1.19
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough	188	222	1.18
William Farr CofE Comprehensive School	228	269	1.18
John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College	122	139	1.14
The Priory Ruskin Academy	196	224	1.14
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy	241	272	1.13
Charles Read Academy	49	55	1.12
King Edward VI Grammar School	130	146	1.12
The Giles Academy	170	188	1.11
Cowley Academy	116	128	1.10
Lincoln Christ's Hospital School	214	225	1.05
Spalding Grammar School	146	153	1.05
The Banovallum School	118	121	1.03
Bourne Academy	248	254	1.02
Spalding Academy	311	297	0.95
The Priory City of Lincoln Academy	166	157	0.95
St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy	108	102	0.94
West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy	123	116	0.94
University Academy Long Sutton	131	121	0.92
The Priory Pembroke Academy	125	114	0.91
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn	185	159	0.86
Carre's Grammar School	113	95	0.84
The Priory Witham Academy	127	88	0.69
Thomas Middlecott Academy	115	79	0.69

Primary schools (70)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Lincolnshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
The Edward Richardson Primary School, Tetford	14	27	1.93
The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School	28	48	1.71
Beacon Primary Academy	30	51	1.70
Church Lane Primary School & Nursery	30	46	1.53
The Little Gonerby Church of England Primary Academy, Grantham	30	45	1.50
Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary Academy	29	43	1.48
Tattershall Primary School	20	29	1.45
Weston Hills CofE Primary School	20	28	1.40
The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	45	62	1.38
Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy	15	20	1.33
Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School A Voluntary Academy	27	36	1.33
Wygate Park Academy	29	38	1.31
Denton CofE School	10	13	—
Grimoldby Primary School	30	39	1.30
The Edenham Church of England School	17	21	1.24
Navenby Church of England Primary School	30	36	1.20
Deeping St Nicholas Primary School	12	14	—
The Tydd St Mary Church of England Primary School	15	17	—
Benjamin Adlard Primary School	28	31	1.11
Deeping St James Community Primary School	29	32	1.10
The Kirkby-on-Bain Church of England Primary School	20	22	1.10
Baston CE Primary School	25	27	1.08
Lincoln Carlton Academy	59	64	1.08
The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy	12	13	—
Corby Glen Community Primary School	15	16	—
Dunholme St Chad's Church of England Primary School	30	32	1.07
Morton Trentside Primary School	30	32	1.07
St Bartholomews CofE Primary School	14	15	—
The Potterhanworth Church of England Primary School	15	16	—
Barkston and Syston CofE Primary School	16	17	—
Barrowby Church of England Primary School	34	35	1.03
Heighington Millfield Primary Academy	30	31	1.03
The Claypole Church of England Primary School	33	34	1.03
The Isaac Newton Primary School	32	33	1.03
The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School	59	61	1.03
Ling Moor Primary Academy	59	60	1.02
Witham St Hughs Academy	60	61	1.02
Belmont Community Primary School	10	10	—
Cherry Willingham Primary Academy	26	26	1
Ingham Primary School	13	13	—
Kelsey Primary School	13	13	—
Leslie Manser Primary School	39	39	1
Lift North Thoresby	17	17	—
Malcolm Sargent Primary School	69	69	1
Manor Farm Academy	23	23	1
Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary School	10	10	—
South View Community Primary School	84	84	1
St Hugh's Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy	19	19	—
The Billinghay Church of England Primary School	20	20	1
The Sibsey Free Primary School	25	25	1
The St Margaret's Church of England School, Withern	10	10	—
Toynton All Saints Primary School	15	15	—
Wragby Primary School	21	21	1
Bourne Westfield Primary Academy	90	88	0.98
Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School	33	32	0.97
The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School	30	29	0.97
Ancaster CofE Primary School	23	22	0.96
Poplar Farm School	50	48	0.96
Gosberton Academy	19	18	—
Spilsby Primary School	22	21	0.95
Branston Church of England Infant Academy	35	33	0.94
Colsterworth Church of England Primary School	18	17	—
Sutton St James Community Primary School	16	15	—
Gipsey Bridge Academy	15	14	—
Kidgate Academy	54	50	0.93
Monkshouse Primary Academy	49	45	0.92
Partney Church of England Aided Primary School	12	11	—
Lift Utterby	7	6	—
The John Harrox Primary School, Moulton	36	30	0.83
Thurlby Community Primary Academy	27	21	0.78

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.