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William Lovell Church of England Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 347of 450 places
- Free school meals
- 52.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 55
- Ofsted
- Report card, 10 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Urgent improvementAttendance and behaviour Urgent improvementPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: William Lovell Church of England School (URN 120664, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
William Lovell Church of England Academy has no sixth form. Of the 55 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 71% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 29.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lincolnshire, with 13% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Music is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, William Lovell Church of England Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 55 | 8,198 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 71% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 29.4 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 13% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 26% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.46 | 3.98 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 51% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.3 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 31.6 | 49.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 55 | 100% | 89% | 2% | 20% | 33% |
| Mathematics | 55 | 100% | 88% | 4% | 22% | 29% |
| English Literature | 55 | 100% | 86% | 2% | 21% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 50 | 91% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 28% |
| History | 24 | 44% | 41% | 4% | 26% | 50% |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 38% | 31% | 5% | 32% | 67% |
| Geography | 21 | 38% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 24% |
| Art and Design | 19 | 35% | 7% | 5% | 24% | 26% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 27% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 13% |
| Music | 15 | 27% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 0% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 15 | 27% | 8% | 7% | 21% | 73% |
| Design and Technology | 14 | 25% | 11% | 7% | 23% | 43% |
| Physical Education | 14 | 25% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 36% |
| Psychology | 1 | 2% | 3% | — | 22% | — |
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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.