The Banovallum School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Horncastle · LN9 6DA · Lincolnshire
Ages 11–16
- Att841.9
- P80.0
- EM5+37%
- Absence12.3%
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 138665
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle
Academy converter · Horncastle · LN9 5AD
Ages 11–18 · 788 pupils · Lincolnshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
62.1
Overall absence
5.7%
Admissions demand
1.12 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-06-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.28
−20+2
Attainment 862.1
English & maths grade 5+82%
English & maths grade 4+97%
EBacc entry84%
EBacc APS: 6.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.1%
Unauthorised0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 612
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.12 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
133
Places offered
119
1st-preference offers
114
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 228
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 119
- Applications from outside LA
- 4
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill86%
788 pupils · 920 places
- Pupils on roll
- 788
- Boys / girls
- 398 / 390
- School capacity
- 920
- Capacity fill
- 788 / 920 (86%)
- Free school meals
- 11.6%
- FSM pupils
- 70
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: HORNCASTLE EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- HORNCASTLE EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Furness
Location
- Address
- West Street
- Postcode
- LN9 5AD
- Town
- Horncastle
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- District
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 788 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 11.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Horncastle Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Horncastle · LN9 5EH · Lincolnshire
Ages 3–11
- KS259%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM40.0%
- Demand0.98
0.5 miles away
St Lawrence School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy special converter
Horncastle · LN9 5EJ · Lincolnshire
Ages 5–16
- KS20%
- Absence16.5%
- FSM64.8%
0.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Furness
- Telephone
- 01507522465