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St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Western Avenue, Lincoln LN6 7SX · sspp.lincs.sch.uk · 01522 871400

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
37.7
average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
601
96% of 628 places
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
38%
First language not English
27.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 102 families put the school first and 108 places were offered; 79% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 57 (Places 102)57September 2023: 72 (Places 104)72September 2024: 79 (Places 108)79September 2025: 79 (Places 98)79September 2026: 102 (Places 108)102Places 108
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261081020.979%
September 2025Sept 202598790.894%
September 2024Sept 2024108790.7100%
September 2023Sept 2023104720.7100%
September 2022Sept 2022102570.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.7, and 26.4% 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 D (18.6 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 42.1 (England 46.3)42.12017/18: 43.5 (England 46.5)43.52018/19: 39.2 (England 46.7)39.22021/22: 36.0 (England 48.8)36.02022/23: 33.3 (England 46.3)33.32023/24: 37.0 (England 45.9)37.02024/25: 37.7 (England 46.0)37.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼37.746.0
▼26.4%45.4%
▼42.5%64.8%
▲50.0%40.5%
▼3.414.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form35.2+2.8
Further education50+1.4
Apprenticeship0.9−0.5
Employment3.7−0.4
Not in a lasting destination4.6−4.9
Activity not captured5.6+1.5

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 25.4 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 26.6 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 28.7 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 27.6 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 27.9 (England 37.9)C-2022/23: 17.7 (England 34.2)D-2023/24: 22.3 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 18.6 (England 35.0)DEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
27 studentsD (18.6)Below average -0.34
27 studentsD (18.6)Below average -0.34
17 studentsMerit (25.3)Average +0.08
0%AAB or better
92%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2418D+ (22.3)-0.19
2022/2326D- (17.7)—
2021/2224C- (27.9)—
2018/1931C- (27.6)-0.01
2017/1837C (28.7)-0.30
2016/1728C- (26.6)-0.08
2015/1638C- (25.4)-0.29

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University50−4.2
Apprenticeship4.5+0.3
Employment27.3+10.6
Not in a lasting destination4.5−8
Activity not captured13.6—

Ofsted

St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 30 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
30 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Mar 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

48% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
48%
Replies
56
9% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼53% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼61% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼57% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼64% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼57% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼39% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼55% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼69% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼71% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼50% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼44% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 89% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼28% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 57% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼50% agreeEngland 68%

based on 36 parents (64%) with SEND

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