The King's School, Grantham A GSG School
- The King's School, Grantham
Brook Street
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG31 6RP - Head: Simon Pickett
- T 01476 563180
- F 01476 590 953
- E [email protected]
- W www.kings.lincs.sch.uk
- A state school for boys aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Lincolnshire
- Pupils: 1,121; sixth formers: 325
- Religion: None
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- 16-19 study programmes Good 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Good 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 13th December 2022
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The pressure is on academically but most boys seem to thrive. Incredibly successful water polo team: the school has dominated the sport for years and produced many international players. The school has been on the same site, just off the town centre, since 1528. The boys were known as King’s Scholars, Sir Isaac Newton being one of them. You can see his name carved in the wall of the original school building...
What the school says...
The King’s School is an excellent learning environment with an illustrious history. We are incredibly proud of our friendly and focused academic atmosphere, rich with diversity and opportunities. It is important that all our pupils enjoy their time at King’s and that their individual interests, talents and needs are valued. We want our pupils to leave the school as well-rounded individuals who can influence and shape society, like one of our Alumni Sir Isaac Newton. The school traces its history back to 1329. In 1528, Bishop Foxe of Winchester re-endowed the school and also founded Corpus Christi College, Oxford. ...Read more
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School associations
State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since September 2018, Simon Pickett BSC (physics), previously deputy head at William Farr School near Lincoln.
Entrance
All boys take the 11+ as compiled by the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools, featuring verbal and non-verbal reasoning. Some 185 take the test for 176 places. The school is virtually full, with the odd place higher up.
Up to 20 per cent of the sixth form, some 30 boys, is made up of newcomers. Boys need an Attainment 8 score of 52.0 or greater as well as grades 4-9 in English language and maths. Those wishing to study more than two of the following A level subjects – maths, English literature, physics, biology, chemistry, history, economics and philosophy – need an Attainment 8 Score of 56.0 or more.
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
A selective Grammar School.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
|
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
|
| Not Applicable | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
|
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
|
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
|
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
|
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
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