Caistor Yarborough Academy
Grimsby Road, Caistor, Market Rasen, LN7 6QZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CAISTOR YARBOROUGH ACADEMY LIMITED
- Principal
- Mr Mark Midgley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 580
- Pupils on roll
- 680
- URN
- 136958
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01472851383
About this school
Caistor Yarborough Academy is a secondary academy in Market Rasen. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 680 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
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- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
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- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 78 | 93 | 90 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.5 | 46.0 | 43.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.12 -0.20 to +0.43 | +0.37 +0.08 to +0.66 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 49.5% | 44.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 75.3% | 65.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15% | 25.8% | 11.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Caistor Yarborough 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 | 44.5 | 42.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46 | 41.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.8 | 39.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 475 |
| 2023/24 | 536 |
| 2024/25 | 611 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Caistor Yarborough Academy compares
Caistor Yarborough Academy ranked 23rd of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 52% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.8 | 6.5% | 26.7% | 680 | — |
| Caistor Grammar School | 69.8 | 3.8% | 6.8% | 690 | 0.4 miles |
| De Aston School | 42.5 | 10.9% | 35.3% | 939 | 7.9 miles |
| Healing Academy | 51 | 5.2% | 14.4% | 751 | 8.0 miles |
| Sir John Nelthorpe School | 46 | 8.1% | 21.7% | 878 | 8.3 miles |
| The Vale Academy | 51.6 | 7.3% | 26.5% | 627 | 8.6 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.
Inspection history
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Graded inspection report2 December 2025
- 6 July 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.68%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
- Overall absence
- 6.47%
- Persistent absence
- 19.81%
Location
Nearby schools
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Caistor Grammar School0.4 miles
Secondary · Market Rasen
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De Aston School7.9 miles
Secondary · Market Rasen
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Healing Academy8.0 miles
Secondary · Grimsby
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Sir John Nelthorpe School8.3 miles
Secondary · Brigg
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The Vale Academy8.6 miles
Secondary · Brigg
Other schools in Market Rasen
- Caistor Grammar School Secondary
- De Aston School Secondary
- Binbrook CofE Primary School Primary
- Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School Primary
- Faldingworth Community Primary School Primary
- Kelsey Primary School Primary
- Legsby Primary School Primary
- Nettleton Community Primary School Primary
- Normanby Primary School Primary
- Osgodby Primary School Primary
- Tealby School Primary
- The Market Rasen Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Caistor Yarborough Academy teach?
- Caistor Yarborough Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Market Rasen.
- Who is the principal of Caistor Yarborough Academy?
- The principal of Caistor Yarborough Academy is Mr Mark Midgley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Caistor Yarborough Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Caistor Yarborough Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Caistor Yarborough Academy?
- Caistor Yarborough Academy has 680 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Caistor Yarborough Academy full?
- Caistor Yarborough Academy has capacity for 580 pupils and 680 on roll (117%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Caistor Yarborough Academy a faith school?
- No. Caistor Yarborough Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Caistor Yarborough Academy a selective school?
- No. Caistor Yarborough Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Caistor Yarborough Academy?
- Caistor Yarborough Academy is part of CAISTOR YARBOROUGH ACADEMY LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Caistor Yarborough Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.5 in 2022/23 and 43.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Caistor Yarborough Academy rank locally?
- Caistor Yarborough Academy ranked 23rd of 54 secondary schools in Lincolnshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 52% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Caistor Yarborough Academy's absence rate?
- Caistor Yarborough Academy's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Caistor Yarborough Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Caistor Yarborough 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 1 July 2026.