Schools in Sleaford
Sleaford is a market town in the centre of Lincolnshire with 21 state schools co-ordinated by Lincolnshire County Council. The town serves as a local hub for a wide surrounding agricultural area, and several primary schools have expanded to accommodate growth in the housing market. Lincolnshire uses straight-line distance as its community school tiebreaker, and most primary schools in Sleaford itself are only modestly oversubscribed.
Secondary admissions in the Sleaford area include a main comprehensive in the town. Lincolnshire County Council publishes annual co-ordinated admissions guidance including catchment boundary maps and last-year offer distances. Families in the villages around Sleaford - including Ruskington, Heckington, and Cranwell - should check the council's online catchment-finder tool to confirm which school their address falls into.
School demand in Sleaford
Across the 19 schools in Sleaford with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 79%. 3 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.
10 schools in Sleaford have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
12 of the schools in Sleaford 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.
11 of the schools in Sleaford have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Sleaford: 3 oversubscribed (16)
Church Lane Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Community school
Sleaford · NG34 7DF
Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington
Primary · Community school
Sleaford · NG34 9BY
Heckington St Andrew's Church of England School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sleaford · NG34 9RX
The Leasingham St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sleaford · NG34 8JS
The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, Pointon
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Sleaford · NG34 0NA
Cranwell Primary School (Foundation)
Primary · Foundation school
Sleaford · NG34 8HH
St Botolph's C of E Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sleaford · NG34 7FE
William Alvey School
Primary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 7EA
Rauceby Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 8QW
Ruskington Chestnut Street Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 9DL
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 7AT
The Kirkby-la-Thorpe Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 9NU
Brown's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 0PL
Helpringham Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 0RD
Billingborough Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 0NX
Osbournby Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 0DG
Secondary Schools in Sleaford (3)
St George's Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Sleaford · NG34 7PP
Carre's Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 7DD
Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Sleaford · NG34 7RS
Other Schools in Sleaford (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Sleaford 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.