- Grammar school for boys and girls
- Lincolnshire 11+
Bourne Grammar School: 11+ entry
South Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9JE
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Can we apply, and what did it take?
For September 2027 entry
Opens a short explanationqualifying scoreThe score a child must reach to be considered for a grammar school place in that area. Reaching it is not an offer of a place: places then follow each school’s admission rules.
220or more
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+, 2027 entry
Checked, source: Bourne Grammar School, checkedYear 7 places
240
2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()Opens a short explanationPANPublished Admission NumberThe number of places a school offers in its first year group, for example Year 7. The admission authority sets it each year in the school’s admission policy.
Checked, source: Bourne Grammar School, checked- Not publishedWe have no checked figure for how far offers reached.
Last distance offered
Your next deadline
Next: School place applications close: Common Application Form ()Opens a short explanationCAFCommon Application FormThe form you use to apply for a secondary school place. You send it to your own council, even for schools in another area, and you list the schools you want in order of preference. In England it closes on 31 October.
in 11 days
Can we get in?
How far offers reached
Each bar shows how far from Bourne Grammar School the last child offered a place lived, under the last admission rule the offers reached. Up to five years, on one scale.
Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.
A score of 220 or more in the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+ means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.
Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)
How many families applied to Bourne Grammar School and how many places it offered. Applicants per place is all applications divided by offers. Families apply to several schools and not every applicant qualifies, so it is not the chance of a place.
| Figure | Department for Education |
|---|---|
| First-preference applications | 301First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254501,z,3,Bourne Grammar School,238,238,234,4,0,483,301,140,42,1.2863247863247864,1.2647058823529411,131,34,Academy converter,Faith,6.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001253,Grantham and Bourne,137793,7View the official source |
| All applications (any preference) | 483All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254501,z,3,Bourne Grammar School,238,238,234,4,0,483,301,140,42,1.2863247863247864,1.2647058823529411,131,34,Academy converter,Faith,6.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001253,Grantham and Bourne,137793,7View the official source |
| Places offered on National Offer Day | 238Places offered on National Offer Day, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254501,z,3,Bourne Grammar School,238,238,234,4,0,483,301,140,42,1.2863247863247864,1.2647058823529411,131,34,Academy converter,Faith,6.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001253,Grantham and Bourne,137793,7View the official source |
| Applicants per place | 2Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254501,z,3,Bourne Grammar School,238,238,234,4,0,483,301,140,42,1.2863247863247864,1.2647058823529411,131,34,Academy converter,Faith,6.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001253,Grantham and Bourne,137793,7View the official source |
Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked
About these figures
Bourne Grammar has not published past cut-off scores on the pages we checked.
At a glance
Bourne Grammar School in brief
tap a value for its source
- Pupils
- mixedPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
Bourne Grammar School is a mixed selective Academy for students aged 11-18.
View the official source - Who the school admits.
- School type
- academySchool typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
Bourne Grammar School is a mixed selective Academy for students aged 11-18.
View the official source - How the school is run and funded.
- Year 7 places
- 240Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
The School’s PAN for Year 7 is 240 pupils per year.
View the official source2027 entry - The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
- Entrance test
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- The test children sit to be considered. Written by GL Assessment.
- Opens a short explanationcatchmentAn area, set by a school or a council, where children get higher priority for a place. Living inside it is not an offer of a place. Not every school has a catchment.
- A mapped area (see the admission rules)
- Where children get priority. Living inside it does not by itself mean a place.
- Supplementary Information Form (SIF)
- Yes, for this school
- An extra form some schools ask for. It goes to the school, not the council.
Key dates
Dates for September 2027 entry
For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
3 earlier steps, all doneShow
Done: Test registration opens
Done: Test registration closes
Done: Results
12pm
Next: School place applications close (CAF)
in 11 days
Coming up: National Offer Day
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Year 5 now? Dates for September 2028 entryNone of these dates are published yet.
Not published yet: Test registration opens
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test registration closes
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Results
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Notes on these dates
Late registration and late tests: late tests are possible, for example for families who have just moved into the areaBourne Grammar School: Late testing (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools.The source says: Yes. This happens, for example, when families have just moved into the area. It is necessary to ensure that the Local Authority Admissions team is fully aware of your circumstances.
View the official source.
How places are given
6 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry
If more children qualify than there are places, Bourne Grammar School gives places using these rules (its Opens a short explanationoversubscription criteriaThe rules a school uses, in order, to decide who gets a place when more children apply than there are places. For example: children in care first, then brothers and sisters of pupils, then distance from home.), in this order (2027 entry).
- 1
Looked-after and previously looked-after children
The policy's own words
Looked After Children (LAC) and Previously Looked After Children (PLAC), including those
- 2
A sibling on roll at the time of application
The policy's own words
There is a sibling (see note 2) on roll at the School at the time of application.
- 3
Children of staff
The policy's own words
Children of staff (see note 3)
- 4
35 places for pupil premium or service children (nearest first if more apply)
The policy's own words
35 places available to students who are eligible for the Pupil Premium (PP)(see note 4) or to
- 5
Next 24 places: highest scores among applicants within 15 miles
The policy's own words
After applying criteria 1–4, the next 24 places will be allocated to the highest-ranking applicants by standardised score who live within a 15-mile radius of the School.
- 6
Remaining places by distance (nearest first)
The policy's own words
Any remaining places will then be allocated on the basis of distance from home to the School, with priority given to those living nearest (see note 6).
Source: Bourne Grammar School, checked
- Who qualifies
- minimum standardised qualifying score agreed by all LCGS schoolsSource: Bourne Grammar School, checked
- Catchment
- no catchment area; a 15-mile radius is used for 24 score-ranked places, otherwise distanceSource: Bourne Grammar School, checked
- If two children are level for the last place
- lottery drawn by an independent personSource: Bourne Grammar School, checked
- Brothers and sisters
- criterion 2: sibling on roll at the time of applicationSource: Bourne Grammar School, checked
- Supplementary form
- Pupil premium families either ask the primary school to send evidence or send the school a copy of their council's pupil premium letter themselves, by 31 October in the year before entry.Source: Bourne Grammar School, checked
- Waiting list
- reserve list in criteria order, held by the local authority until the end of August, then by the schoolSource: Bourne Grammar School, checked
The admission rules for September 2028 entry are not published yet. We check the school's website and add them when they appear.
More detail from our guide
- Priority area: no catchment area; a 15-mile radius is used for 24 score-ranked places, otherwise distanceBourne Grammar School: Catchment description (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
the next 24 places will be allocated to the highest-ranking applicants by standardised score who live within a 15-mile radius of the School.
View the official source - How distance is measured: Straight line, from Post Office address point of the home to Post Office address point of the schoolBourne Grammar School: Distance rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
Straight-line distance is 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.
View the official source - Siblings: criterion 2: sibling on roll at the time of applicationBourne Grammar School: Sibling priority (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
There is a sibling (see note 2) on roll at the School at the time of application.
View the official source - Waiting list: reserve list in criteria order, held by the local authority until the end of August, then by the schoolBourne Grammar School: Waiting list (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
For the intake year the list is held by the Local Authority School Admissions Team until the end of August.
View the official source
The test
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- Test
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- Written by
- GL Assessment
- Test date, 2027 entry
- Not yet published
Bourne Grammar uses the two Lincolnshire consortium tests; a total of 220Lincolnshire: Qualifying scoreChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools.The source says: The qualifying level is a total standardised score of at least 220 on both papers.
View the official source or more qualifies a child.
Format: Lincolnshire guide.
Open days
Not published yet
No open-event dates found on the school website yet.
If you are refused a place
Reviews, appeals and the waiting list
General information, not legal advice.
- How appeals work
- appeal form to the school (Mrs Revell); block appeals from April, heard by an independent panel with Lincolnshire County Council legal teamSource: Bourne Grammar School, checked
General information, not legal advice.
How appeals work here: appeal form to the school (Mrs Revell); block appeals from April, heard by an independent panel with Lincolnshire County Council legal teamBourne Grammar School: Appeals route (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says: The block appeals for entry into Year 7 (Primary to Secondary Transition) take place each year from April onwards.
View the official source.
What is different about Bourne Grammar
- 24 places go to the highest scorers living within 15 miles; the rest mainly by distanceBourne Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
the next 24 places will be allocated to the highest-ranking applicants by standardised score who live within a 15-mile radius of the School.
View the official source - 35 places for pupil premium and service childrenBourne Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
35 places available to students who are eligible for the Pupil Premium (PP)(see note 4) or to
View the official source - Tests on adjacent Saturday mornings at the school, with an optional familiarisation sessionBourne Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
held on adjacent Saturday mornings at the School.
View the official source - Runs 11+ information sessions at local primary schools and online for Year 5 parentsBourne Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
The School is currently planning the 11+ Information Sessions for parents/carers of students in Year 5 for the following locations:
View the official source - One of the largest Lincolnshire grammar intakes (PAN 240)Bourne Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Bourne Grammar School.The source says:
The School’s PAN for Year 7 is 240 pupils per year.
View the official source
Entry in September 2028 (Year 5 now)
Status of the 2028 admission arrangements: Bourne Grammar School: Document status (2028)Not yet published by Bourne Grammar School; last checked 9 Oct 2026.The source says: Registration for students currently in Year 5 for the 11+ Admissions Test will open in January 2027.
View the official source.
Official documents and sources
9 sources, each kept as an archived copy
- Bourne Grammar School
PDF document · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Bourne Grammar School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Bourne Grammar School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Bourne Grammar School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Bourne Grammar School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Bourne Grammar School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics)
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 16 Oct 2026
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 13 Oct 2026
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 13 Oct 2026
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