Academy · Lincolnshire

Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Lincolnshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

2026/27

2027/28

See Lincolnshire's full dates

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, 148 families put this school as their first choice, and 124 places were offered. 118 of the families who put it first got a place (80%). More families put it first than there were places.

EntryPlaces offeredPut it firstGot their first choice
September 202612414880%
September 202510310793%
September 202413113293%

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

Latest graded inspection, 19 November 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Sixth form
Outstanding

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
747 (capacity 822)
Gender
Girls
Academy trust
COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE TRUST
Admissions
Selective (entrance test)
Phone
01529414044
Address
Jermyn Street, Sleaford, NG34 7RS
Website
kshs.uk

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