Lincoln Castle Academy
Secondary school in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Inadequate (Jul 2022). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 5 July 2022, report published 21 September 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Lincoln Castle Academy (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Lincoln Castle Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Sixth form | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around July 2026
The last inspection was in July 2022. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.9 milesLincoln Christ's Hospital School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Nov 2024)
- 1.0 milesLincoln UTC
Standards maintained (Nov 2024)
- 2.6 milesSt Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy
Requires improvement (Apr 2024)
- 2.7 milesThe Priory Academy LSST
Good (Oct 2023)
- 2.7 milesThe Priory City of Lincoln Academy
Report card, Dec 2025: 2 expected, 5 needs attention
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.