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Branston Community Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Station Road, Branston, Lincoln LN4 1LH · branstonca.lincs.sch.uk · 01522 880400
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,132
- 92% of 1,225 places
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25%
- First language not English
- 3.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 152 families put the school first and 202 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 202 | 152 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 203 | 176 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 193 | 135 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 223 | 187 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 231 | 209 | 0.9 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.8, and 34.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lincolnshire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (33.4 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲52.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.87 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 37.4 | −7.7 |
| Further education | 49.3 | +7.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6 | +2.5 |
| Employment | 0.9 | −2.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.5 | −0.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.2 | +0.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 students | C+ (33.4) | Average -0.14 | |
| 63 students | C+ (33.4) | Average -0.14 | |
| 39 students | Dist- (30.7) | Above average +0.23 | |
| 6 students | Dist+ (40.4) | Average +0.15 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 75 | C+ (32.3) | -0.40 |
| 2022/23 | 72 | C+ (33.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 69 | B- (38) | — |
| 2018/19 | 71 | C- (26.7) | -0.49 |
| 2017/18 | 93 | C (28.5) | -0.04 |
| 2016/17 | 103 | C (29.1) | -0.06 |
| 2015/16 | 85 | C- (28) | 0.00 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 47.9 | −6.3 |
| Further education | 1 | −1.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 16 | +7.6 |
| Employment | 25.5 | +0.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.4 | −3.2 |
| Activity not captured | 3.2 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Branston Community Academy on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
May 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
62% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (210 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 62%
- Replies
- 210
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 59 parents (28%) with SEND