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The Banovallum School
- Pupils on roll
- 621of 625 places
- Free school meals
- 33.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 108
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 3 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Banovallum School, Horncastle (URN 120650, until 1 December 2014).
What the data says
The Banovallum School has no sixth form. Of the 105 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 68% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.9 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lincolnshire, with 29% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, The Banovallum School 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 | The Banovallum School | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 105 | 8,198 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 68% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Banovallum School | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.9 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 19% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.40 | 3.98 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 32% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.8 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.2 | 49.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 | 108 | 100% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 68% |
| Mathematics | 108 | 100% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 67% |
| Religious Studies | 103 | 95% | 31% | 5% | 32% | 44% |
| English Literature | 102 | 94% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 89 | 82% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 49% |
| History | 51 | 47% | 41% | 6% | 26% | 39% |
| Geography | 49 | 45% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 63% |
| Business Studies | 44 | 41% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 64% |
| Design and Technology | 43 | 40% | 11% | 14% | 23% | 63% |
| Art and Design | 39 | 36% | 7% | 8% | 24% | 54% |
| French | 31 | 29% | 18% | 10% | 29% | 48% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 21 | 19% | 8% | 14% | 21% | 76% |
| Photography | 18 | 17% | 6% | 22% | 19% | 89% |
| Physics | 16 | 15% | 23% | 6% | 46% | 75% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 15% | 23% | 6% | 47% | 69% |
| Biology | 16 | 15% | 23% | 6% | 45% | 81% |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 33 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 18 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 18 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 13 | — | — |
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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.