Secondary
William Lovell Church of England Academy
Main Road, Stickney, Boston, PE22 8AA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 347 of 450 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.0
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- LINCOLN ANGLICAN ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lincoln
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 27.2
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 327
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
February 2020
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
13%
19 points below the Boston average (32% across 6 schools)
29.4
11.2 below the Boston average (40.6 across 6 schools)
5th of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Boston we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 29.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.46 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 26% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 13% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 21% |
| 22/23 | 4% |
| 23/24 | 8% |
| 24/25 | 13% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.13 |
| 22/23 | -1.04 |
| 23/24 | -1.34 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33.0 |
| 22/23 | 26.7 |
| 23/24 | 27.1 |
| 24/25 | 29.4 |
Main Road, Stickney, Boston, PE22 8AA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lincolnshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Heateacher
- Emma Bennett
- Address
- Main Road, Stickney, Boston, PE22 8AA
- Telephone
- 01205480352