Boston High School

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Lincolnshire council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 158 families put this school as their first choice, and 119 places were offered. 116 of the families who put it first got a place (73%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school uses Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+, a shared test used by 13 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 17 July 2024: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

837 (capacity 811)

Gender

Girls

Academy trust

BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

01205310505

Address

Spilsby Road, Boston, PE21 9PF

Website

bostonhighschool.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports