Community special school

The St Francis Special School, Lincoln

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formLincolnshire, East Midlands · Lincoln LN1 3TJSchool website
Pupils on roll
175of 175 places
Free school meals
52.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
11
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 3 November 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Queen's Park School, Lincoln (URN 120756, until 10 April 2014).

What the data says

Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 at The St Francis Special School, Lincoln in 2023, 0% stayed on in The St Francis Special School, Lincoln’s own sixth form (Lincolnshire average 40%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lincolnshire and England.

This school
Lincolnshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolLincolnshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort88,198607,348
Any sustained destination88%92%92%
Stayed in education88%86%86%
— school sixth form0%40%34%
— sixth form college0%4%13%
— further education college0%41%37%
— other education88%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown13%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Lincolnshire

Boston High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 837 pupils

95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.8

Bourne Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,573 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.2

Bourne Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,718 pupils

97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 68.6

Caistor Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 690 pupils

97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 69.8

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.