SCHOOL PROFILE

Lincoln Castle Academy: data, trends and context

Lincoln Castle Academy 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
150482
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Region
East Midlands
Trust
DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
LN1 3SP
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
744
FSM eligible
46.5%
EAL / First language other than English
19.0%
SEND (total)
19.6%
SEN Support
14.5%
EHCP
5.1%
White British
73.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
88.0%
Overall absence
12.0%
Persistent absence
33.5%
Severe absence
7.4%

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
102.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
23.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.71%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
40.8
English & maths grade 5+
41.7%
English & maths grade 4+
62.1%

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

See Lincoln Castle Academy against 25 similar schools

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Lincoln Castle Academy 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.