Schools in Louth
Louth has 18 schools including 13 primaries and 3 secondaries, within Lincolnshire County Council's area. Notably, King Edward VI Grammar School in Louth is one of the county's selective grammar schools — families who sit the Lincolnshire Academic Selection assessment and achieve the required score can apply regardless of distance. Eight of Louth's schools are academies, and 6 have a faith character, predominantly Church of England.
For non-selective secondary places in Louth, Somercotes Academy and Monk's Dyke Tennyson College serve the town's non-grammar secondary pupils. Lincolnshire co-ordinates admissions for maintained schools through its annual School Admissions booklet. Louth's rural hinterland means many families in outlying villages apply to schools in the town, which can affect effective catchment distances for popular primaries. The grammar school test registration typically opens in June for the following September entry.
School demand in Louth
Across the 18 schools in Louth with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 85%. 4 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Louth have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
8 of the schools in Louth are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Lincolnshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Louth have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Louth: 1 oversubscribed (13)
The Donington-on-Bain School
Primary · Community school
Louth · LN11 9TJ
Grainthorpe Junior School
Primary · Community school
Louth · LN11 7JY
St Michael's Church of England School, Louth
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Louth · LN11 9AR
North Cockerington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Louth · LN11 7EP
Scamblesby Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Louth · LN11 9XG
East Wold Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Louth · LN11 8LD
Grimoldby Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Louth · LN11 8SW
North Somercotes CofE Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Louth · LN11 7QB
Kidgate Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Louth · LN11 9BX
Lift Utterby
Primary · Academy converter
Louth · LN11 0TN
Lacey Gardens Junior Academy
Primary · Academy converter
LOUTH · LN11 8DH
Eastfield Infants and Nursery Academy
Primary · Academy converter
LOUTH · LN11 8DQ
Fulstow Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Louth · LN11 0XL
Secondary Schools in Louth (3)
King Edward VI Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter
Louth · LN11 9LL
Somercotes Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Louth · LN11 7PN
Louth Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Louth · LN11 9AW
Other Schools in Louth (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Louth are set by Lincolnshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.