- Type
- Grammar
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11-18
- Gender
- Girls with mixed sixth form
- Headteacher
- Ms Anne-Marie Franks
- Address
-
Spilsby Road
Boston
Lincs
PE21 9PF - Telephone
- 01205 310505
- School email address
- enquiries@bostonhighschool.co.uk
- School website
- Church school
- No
- Academy
- Yes
- Category
- Academy
- Total number 11 to 16
- 589
- Total number 16 to 18
- 228
- Admission authority
- Academy trust
- Published admission number
- 108
- 2026 oversubscription criteria
-
Where the number of applications is more than the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit.
- Looked after children and all previously looked after children including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- The child is registered for Pupil Premium defined as those registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years (not including Key Stage 1 statutory free school meals).
- Siblings of pupils already attending the school at the time of admittance.
- Straight line distance from the home to the school, priority given to those who live closest.
If distance is not sufficient to distinguish between applicants for the last place then a lottery will be conducted. There are entrance exams for admission into a grammar school. Details about the testing arrangements can be obtained from the school.
This is a grammar school and applicants must meet the required standard in the admissions exam to be allocated a place. See the school’s full admissions policy for more information.
- 2027 oversubscription criteria
-
Where the number of applications is more than the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit.
- Looked after children and all previously looked after children including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
- The child is registered for Pupil Premium defined as those registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years (not including Key Stage 1 statutory free school meals).
- Siblings of pupils already attending the school at the time of admittance.
- Straight line distance from the home to the school, priority given to those who live closest.
If distance is not sufficient to distinguish between applicants for the last place then a lottery will be conducted. There are entrance exams for admission into a grammar school. Details about the testing arrangements can be obtained from the school.
This is a grammar school and applicants must meet the required standard in the admissions exam to be allocated a place. See the school’s full admissions policy for more information.
- Sixth form published admission number
- 30
- Sixth form entry requirements
-
Boston High School has a co-educational Sixth Form.
Our Year 11 internal students have the right to transfer to our Sixth Form if they meet the academic entry standards and that we can accommodate their choice of subjects. The school produces a Sixth Form prospectus each year, giving details of all the courses on offer and the criteria which needs to be met.
We also extend a warm welcome to applications from students attending other schools. The published admission number for external candidates is 30; we operate this as a minimum number. The sixth form at Boston High School Academy has a maximum combined published admission number of 300; 150 for year 12 and 150 for year 13.
All internal and external applicants must achieve grades 4-9 in at least five GCSE subjects including English or Maths GCSE. Each subject has their own entry requirements, and these are reviewed annually and should be checked in the Sixth Form prospectus for the relevant year. This subject entry criteria will be applied on results day. The school cannot guarantee to accommodate every preferred combination of A level subject, due to constraints of timetabling.
As we are now on a two-year linear A-Level course, we expect all students to transition from Year 12 to Year 13.
- Sixth form oversubscription criteria
-
1. Looked after children and all previously looked after children including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care because of being adopted.
2. The child is registered for Pupil Premium defined as those registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years (not including Key Stage 1 statutory free school meals).
3. There is a brother or sister on roll at the time of application.
4. Students living near to the school based on a straight-line distance as calculated electronically to three figures after the decimal point (e.g., 1.543 miles) by Lincolnshire County Council school admissions team from the Post Office Address Point of the home to the Post Office Address Point of the school.
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- Department for Education Number
- 9254022