Somercotes Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Lincolnshire
Keeling Street, Louth, LN11 7PN
59
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
87.7%
41.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
395
Capacity used
Has space87%
456 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
55 of 55 families who put it first got an offer
59
Places offered
118
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 55 | 55 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 48 | 3 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 15 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 118 | 58 | 49% |
1st preference success by year
Lincolnshire lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Katy Black
- Address
- Keeling Street, North Somercotes, Louth, LN11 7PN
- Phone
- 01507353459
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Ward / constituency
- Marshchapel & Somercotes · Louth and Horncastle
- Area
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 142392
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 48% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 20% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST
395 pupils · 456 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
11 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 461 pupils
Attendance
87.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
12.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
41.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 41.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.15 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 20% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.54 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 29.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 45.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 56.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.63 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 81 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 81 | 4% | 32% | 48% | |
| English Language | 81 | 7% | 37% | 62% | |
| English Literature | 81 | 9% | 42% | 59% | |
| Combined Science | 69 | 4% | 17% | 33% | |
| Geography | 53 | 13% | 36% | 60% | |
| French | 44 | 2% | 43% | 64% | |
| History | 36 | 11% | 25% | 42% | |
| Design & Technology | 27 | 15% | 56% | 85% | |
| Art and Design | 26 | 31% | 58% | 77% | |
| Computer Science | 18 | 0% | 17% | 28% | |
| Biology | 12 | 8% | 75% | 92% | |
| Physics | 12 | 8% | 42% | 83% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lincolnshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.