Somercotes Academy

State-Funded School

somercotes-academy-lincolnshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LincolnshireLocal Authority

Louth and HorncastleConstituency

LN11 7PNPostcode

2.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Somercotes Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 395 pupils. Somercotes Academy is part of LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 40.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 29.6%
EBacc average point score: 3.63

Ethnicity

White

94%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

395

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 395
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 11 December 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
20 Dec 2018	Good	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.