Academy · Lincolnshire
North Kesteven Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Sixth form
- Term dates checked
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.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 52 families put this school as their first choice, and 140 places were offered. 52 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 140 | 52 | 100% |
| September 2025 | 113 | 45 | 100% |
| September 2024 | 111 | 20 | 100% |
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.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 6 May 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
Special measures
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Sixth form
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards: not met.
Previous inspection, 1 October 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).
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
- 587 (capacity 1461)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- NORTH KESTEVEN ACADEMY
- Phone
- 01522881010
- Address
- Moor Lane, North Hykeham, Lincoln, LN6 9AG
- Website
- nkacademy.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.