The Banovallum School

The Banovallum School continues to demonstrate strong overall performance, maintaining its status as a good school. Leaders are committed to ensuring that all pupils achieve their best and have established a well-planned and ambitious curriculum. Pupils enjoy their learning and exhibit positive behavior, contributing to a supportive and harmonious school environment. Additionally, the school provides extensive extracurricular activities that enrich pupils' experiences and prepare them for future opportunities.

Strengths

• Leaders have a clear vision and ambition for pupil success.
• The curriculum is well-designed to meet the needs and aspirations of pupils.
• Pupils behave well and feel safe in a supportive community.
• The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities that enhance learning experiences.
• Leaders provide effective training and support for teachers.

Areas for Improvement

• Not all pupils are making ambitious choices for an academically rigorous curriculum in key stage 4.
• Support for pupils with below-average reading skills is variable and needs improvement.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Banovallum School attended 89.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 28.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.4% of pupils at The Banovallum School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Banovallum School had 15.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.3% of pupils at The Banovallum School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 8.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Banovallum School received £9,441 and spent £8,753 for each of its 610 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £456,000 (£747 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Horncastle Education Trust, income was £8,503 and spending £8,500 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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The Banovallum School is part of Horncastle Education Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle Horncastle
• West Fen Primary School Boston
• Huttoft Primary & Nursery School Alford

What is The Banovallum School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Banovallum School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was The Banovallum School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Banovallum School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does The Banovallum School have?

The Banovallum School has 621 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Banovallum School cover?

The Banovallum School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are The Banovallum School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 35.2, and 20% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Banovallum School?

The Banovallum School is at Boston Road, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 6DA.