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Lincoln · LN4 4SJ · Lincolnshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 141166
The Barnes Wallis Academy
Academy sponsor led · Lincoln · LN4 4PN
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
483
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, 483 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 42.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141166
Location
- Address
- Butts Lane, Tattershall
- Postcode
- LN4 4PN
- Town
- Lincoln
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- District
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 483
- Boys / girls
- 246 / 237
- School capacity
- 560
- Capacity fill
- 483 / 560 (86%)
- Free school meals
- 42.4%
- FSM pupils
- 205
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- The David Ross Education Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Charlotte Dunsford
- Telephone
- 01526342379
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-01-30
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 38.8
- Progress 8
- -0.6
- English & maths grade 5+
- 21%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 47%
- EBacc entry
- 52%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7