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Boston High School: data, trends and context

Boston High School is a secondary school in Lincolnshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
139140
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Region
East Midlands
Trust
BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL
Postcode
PE21 9PF
Gender intake
Girls
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
837
FSM eligible
14.7%
EAL / First language other than English
23.7%
SEND (total)
11.8%
SEN Support
11.0%
EHCP
0.84%
White British
60.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
94.1%
Overall absence
5.9%
Persistent absence
16.0%
Severe absence
0.51%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LincolnshireLocal authority91.5%8.5%2.5%
East MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.2%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
2.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
2.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
58.8
English & maths grade 5+
76.5%
English & maths grade 4+
95.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Boston High School is a secondary school in Lincolnshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.