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Caistor Yarborough Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Grimsby Road, Caistor, Market Rasen LN7 6QZ · caistoryarboroughacademy.co.uk · 01472 851383
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 680
- 100 over 580 places · 117%
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.7%
- First language not English
- 2.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 136 families put the school first and 141 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 | 141 | 136 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 162 | 154 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 171 | 159 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 117 | 109 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 85 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.8, and 44.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lincolnshire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ●44.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ●65.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼11.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.69 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 53.8 | +10.4 |
| Further education | 26.9 | −9.9 |
| Other education | 1.1 | −0.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 7.5 | +3.6 |
| Employment | 1.1 | −2.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.5 | −0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 2.2 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Caistor Yarborough Academy on 2 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 2 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective - Jan 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (177 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Positive
- 77%
- Replies
- 177
- 29% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on 44 parents (25%) whose child was bullied
based on 67 parents (38%) with SEND