Lincoln Castle Academy
Riseholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 3SP
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Lincoln Castle Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Hanson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Lincoln
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,041
- Pupils on roll
- 729
- URN
- 136537
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
About this school
Lincoln Castle Academy was a secondary academy in Lincoln. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 729 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Lincoln Castle Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in April 2011, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 135 | 124 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.5 | 41.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.54 -0.79 to -0.30 | +0.09 -0.17 to +0.35 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 38.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 60.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 17.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.6 |
Trends over time
How Lincoln Castle Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.5 | 42.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.6 | 41.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 39.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Lincoln Castle Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 15.1% | 38.7% | 729 | — |
| Lincoln Castle Academy | 40.8 | 12% | 43.9% | 744 | 0.0 miles |
| Lincoln Christ's Hospital School | 38.3 | 9.6% | 34.7% | 1,275 | 0.9 miles |
| Lincoln UTC | 46.1 | 4.3% | 26.5% | 389 | 1.0 miles |
| St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy | 37.7 | 9.9% | 33.8% | 601 | 2.6 miles |
| The Priory Academy LSST | 53.9 | 6.9% | 17% | 1,749 | 2.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.7%
- English as an additional language
- 14.8%
- Overall absence
- 15.1%
- Persistent absence
- 41.7%
Location
Nearby schools
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Lincoln Castle Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Lincoln
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Lincoln Christ's Hospital School0.9 miles
Secondary · Lincoln
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Lincoln UTC1.0 miles
Secondary · Lincoln
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St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy2.6 miles
Secondary · Lincoln
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The Priory Academy LSST2.7 miles
Secondary · Lincoln
Other schools in Lincoln
- Branston Community Academy Secondary
- Lincoln Castle Academy Secondary
- Lincoln Christ's Hospital School Secondary
- Lincoln UTC Secondary
- North Kesteven Academy Secondary
- Sir Robert Pattinson Academy Secondary
- Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn Secondary
- St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy Secondary
- The Barnes Wallis Academy Secondary
- The Priory Academy LSST Secondary
- The Priory City of Lincoln Academy Secondary
- The Priory Pembroke Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Lincoln Castle Academy teach?
- Lincoln Castle Academy taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Lincoln.
- Has Lincoln Castle Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lincoln Castle Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Lincoln Castle Academy?
- Lincoln Castle Academy had 729 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Lincoln Castle Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.5 in 2022/23 and 41.6 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Lincoln Castle Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lincoln Castle Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2023.