Boston High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 837 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.8
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Somercotes Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 395of 456 places
- Free school meals
- 48.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 81
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 11 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Birkbeck School and Community Arts College (URN 120653, until 7 September 2015).
What the data says
Somercotes Academy has no sixth form. Of the 88 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 33% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 33% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lincolnshire, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Somercotes Academy | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 88 | 8,198 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 33% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 36% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Somercotes Academy | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.6 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 57% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.63 | 3.98 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 41% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.1 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.1 | 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 Literature | 81 | 100% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 59% |
| English Language | 81 | 100% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 62% |
| Mathematics | 81 | 100% | 88% | 4% | 22% | 48% |
| Combined Science | 69 | 85% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 33% |
| Geography | 53 | 65% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 60% |
| French | 44 | 54% | 18% | 2% | 29% | 64% |
| History | 36 | 44% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 42% |
| Design and Technology | 27 | 33% | 11% | 15% | 23% | 85% |
| Art and Design | 25 | 31% | 7% | 32% | 24% | 80% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 22% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 28% |
| Biology | 12 | 15% | 23% | 8% | 45% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 12 | 15% | 23% | 8% | 47% | 75% |
| Physics | 12 | 15% | 23% | 8% | 46% | 83% |
| Statistics | 6 | 7% | 5% | 17% | 20% | 100% |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 1% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 7 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 6 | — | — |
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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.