UK Schools
The Barnes Wallis Academy
The Barnes Wallis Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Lincoln, Lincolnshire County Council, teaching 483 pupils aged 11 to 16. Its last Ofsted inspection in December 2022 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 39.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 22 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Barnes Wallis Academy.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Barnes Wallis Academy.
- 1 Teacher Training Day
- 2 Teacher Training Day
- 3 School Opens (Year 7 and 11s only)
- 4 School Opens (rest of school)
- 20–31 Autumn Mid Term Break
- 19 Last Day of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Teacher Training Day
- 6 School Opens (Spring Term)
- 16–20 Spring Mid Term Break
- 2 Last Day of Spring Term
- 3–17 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20 School Opens (Summer Term)
- 4 May Day (Early May Bank Holiday)
- 25–29 Summer Mid Term Break
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 22 Last Day of Summer Term
- 23–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Teacher Training Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Teacher Training Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- School Opens (Year 7 and 11s only) Sep 3, 2025 Event
- School Opens (rest of school) Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Autumn Mid Term Break Oct 20-31, 2025 Holiday
- Last Day of Autumn Term Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Teacher Training Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- School Opens (Spring Term) Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Mid Term Break Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Spring Term Apr 2, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Apr 3-17, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens (Summer Term) Apr 20, 2026 Term
- May Day (Early May Bank Holiday) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Mid Term Break May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Summer Term Jul 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 23 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Barnes Wallis Academy with Lincolnshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 39.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lincolnshire County Council England
Attendance 30.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lincolnshire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lincolnshire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Barnes Wallis Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Barnes Wallis Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.