The ten best state schools in the East Midlands – and two of them are in Grantham

The ten best state schools in the East Midlands have been revealed – and eight of them are in Lincolnshire with two of the top three in Grantham.

The Parent Power, Sunday Times School Guide 2020 identifies the 2,000 highest achieving schools in the UK as ranked by their recent examination results.

There were no Lincolnshire schools in the top ten independent secondary schools list for the region but the county dominated the state schools list

Caistor Grammar School was ranked as the top performing state school in the region, ranking 105th nationally. 67.5% of students achieved A* to B grades in their A Levels while 63.6% of GCSE students were given grades nine to seven.

The Kings School and Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School, both in Grantham, came in at 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Meanwhile, Bourne Grammar School finished fourth and Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Alford came in sixth.

Spalding Grammar School was ranked seventh, Spalding High School came in at ninth and King Edward VI Grammar School in Louth finished tenth.

The top 10 state secondary schools in the East Midlands

Regional rank	School name	Town	A-level A*-B (%)	GCSE A*/A/9/8/7 (%)	2019 national rank	2018 national rank
1	Caistor Grammar School	Caistor	67.5	63.6	105=	144
2	The Kings School	Grantham	60.0	66.9	138	195
3	Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School	Grantham	62.8	58.3	149	131
4	Bourne Grammar School	Bourne	61.3	56.7	156	139
5	Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School	Ashbourne	70.5	27.7	184
6	Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School	Alford	60.1	42.9	206=	126
7	Spalding Grammar School	Spalding	64.2	33.7	212	287
8	Rushcliffe School	Nottingham	62.1	37.5	215=	159=
9	Spalding High School	Spalding	57.6	41.2	240	219
10	King Edward VI Grammar School	Louth	58.6	38.1	246	206

Meanwhile, Nottingham High School came top of the independent secondary schools list.