Boston High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 837 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.8
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Woodlands Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 83
- Free school meals
- 66.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 14
- Ofsted
- Good, 17 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Lady Jane Franklin School (URN 134228, until 1 December 2015).
What the data says
Of the 6 pupils who finished Year 11 at Woodlands Academy in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 83% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 5.1 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lincolnshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
17% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Woodlands Academy | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 6 | 8,198 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 83% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 17% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Woodlands Academy | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.1 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.50 | 3.98 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 71% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 49.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 | 9 | 64% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| Combined Science | 8 | 57% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| Physical Education | 3 | 21% | 11% | — | 24% | — |
| Geography | 3 | 21% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
| History | 2 | 14% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Mathematics | 1 | 7% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 7% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
Other secondary schools in Lincolnshire
Bourne Academy
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.2
Bourne Grammar School
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97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 68.6
Branston Community Academy
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Caistor Grammar School
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Caistor Yarborough Academy
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81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
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.