Lincolnshire grammar schools & catchment areas, in plain English.
Lincolnshire has 15 grammar schools spread across the county, from Spalding and Bourne up to Lincoln, the market towns and the coast. Every one selects through the county-wide Lincolnshire 11+, then uses catchment or distance to decide places. This page explains how it works and lets you check your postcode against all 15.
Check your postcode against every Lincolnshire grammar
See which catchments you fall inside, your distance to each school and your eligibility, free, no account needed.
Real, published boundaries and the latest distance cut-offs, not straight-line estimates.
How Lincolnshire grammar admissions work.
Lincolnshire’s grammars share one entry test: the Lincolnshire 11+ (verbal and non-verbal reasoning, set by GL Assessment for the county’s grammar schools). Children sit it in September of Year 6; you register over the preceding summer. A standardised score sets the “grammar-suitable” qualifying threshold.
You then apply through your home council’s form by 31 October, naming the grammars you want. Offers go out on 1 March.
Passing is only the first step: because Lincolnshire’s grammars fill on catchment or distance rather than rank, where you live decides who gets in among qualified children.
How catchment and distance work.
None of Lincolnshire’s grammars are super-selective. A pass is a gateway, not a ranking. After that, about 8 of the 15 use a defined catchment (a town, parish group or radius), and 7 admit the nearest qualifying children by straight-line distance.
Several also give priority to named feeder villages or run free home-to-school transport zones, which can matter as much as raw distance.
GrammarBound maps each school’s real area and latest distance cut-off. Open the map or check your postcode above.
Every Lincolnshire grammar school.
All 15 Lincolnshire grammar schools. Each links to a plain-English admissions guide with that school’s exact criteria, catchment and deadlines.