West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy

Secondary Academy Grantham 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Good 📊 Attainment 8: 40.3

West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Grantham, Lincolnshire County Council, teaching 486 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in January 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 40.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 24 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy.

Latest inspection
Good Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership & managementGood
S5 Inspection · Inspected 23 Jan 2024 · Published 29 Feb 2024
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy.

West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Inset Day
  • 2 Inset Day
  • 3 Autumn Term Starts
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 17 Autumn Term Ends
  • 20–24 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3 Autumn Term Resumes
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Autumn Term Ends
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 Spring Term Starts
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 13 Spring Term Ends
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 23 Inset Day
  • 24 Inset Day
  • 25 Spring Term Resumes
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 20 Spring Term Ends
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 Summer Term Starts
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 22 Summer Term Ends
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Term Resumes
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 24 Summer Term Ends
  • 27 Inset Day
  • 28–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday
September 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Starts Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term Ends Oct 17, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 20-24, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term Resumes Nov 3, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Starts Jan 5, 2026 Term
  • Spring Term Ends Feb 13, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Feb 23, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Feb 24, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term Resumes Feb 25, 2026 Term
  • Spring Term Ends Mar 20, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Summer Term Ends May 22, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Resumes Jun 1, 2026 Term
  • Summer Term Ends Jul 24, 2026 Term
  • Inset Day Jul 27, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Jul 28 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
40.3 Attainment 8 England 46.1
30.6% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
26.9% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy with Lincolnshire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 40.3 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Lincolnshire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 40.3
Lincolnshire County Council 45.1 England 46.1 -5.8 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 30.6%
Lincolnshire County Council 41.9% England 45.4% -14.8 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 38
Lincolnshire County Council 33.8 England 34.9 +3.1 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 5.1
Lincolnshire County Council 15.4 England 15.5 -10.4 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 55.6%
Lincolnshire County Council 26.5% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 36
Attendance 26.9% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Lincolnshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 26.9%
Lincolnshire County Council 17.7% England 17.8% +9.1 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 8.6%
Lincolnshire County Council 6.6% England 6.8% +1.9 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 86% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Lincolnshire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 86%
Lincolnshire County Council 92% England 92% -6 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 79%
Lincolnshire County Council 84% England 83% -4 vs 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 West Grantham Church of England Secondary 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to West Grantham Church of England Secondary 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.