Lincolnshire School Catchment Areas

Lincolnshire runs one of the larger school estates in England — 280 primary and 53 secondary schools, spread across market towns, villages and denser urban centres.

Lincoln, Spalding and Grantham host the biggest clusters — useful to know when a preferred school is oversubscribed, because the next-nearest alternative is often in a neighbouring town rather than the same catchment.

Selective schools are part of the mix in Lincolnshire — for those, passing the admissions test comes first and catchment distance only applies as a tiebreaker.

The catchment boundary for any given school is defined in the council's annual admissions booklet — we link to that search for every Lincolnshire school below.