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The Banovallum School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Boston Road, Horncastle LN9 6DA · banovallumschool.co.uk · 01507 522232
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 621
- 99% of 625 places
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 33.2%
- First language not English
- 1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 121 families put the school first and 118 places were offered; 88% 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 | 118 | 121 | 1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 117 | 111 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 118 | 122 | 1▲ | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 115 | 134 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 111 | 98 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.9, and 28.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼28.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼62.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.40 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 16.2 | +1.6 |
| Further education | 63.8 | +2.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 7.7 | −2.1 |
| Employment | 2.3 | −2.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.2 | −0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 3.8 | +3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 3 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for The Banovallum School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 2 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120650), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120650)
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 86
- 14% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 33 parents (38%) with SEND