Boston High School

State-Funded School

boston-high-school-lincolnshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LincolnshireLocal Authority

Boston and SkegnessConstituency

PE21 9PFPostcode

8.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Boston High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 837 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 58.8
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 76.5%
EBacc average point score: 5.26

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

837

Total Pupils

4%Boys

96%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

24%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 837
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 17 July 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
25 Feb 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.