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Branston Community Academy

Academy converter secondary school in Lincoln (Lincolnshire).

Attainment 8
42.7
▼ 3.5 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
38.5%
▼ 8pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
90.6%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
17.8
▲ 1.1 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
23.1%
▼ 4pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
6.2%
▼ 8pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
92%
1,132 / 1,225 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
No overall grade
inspected Mar 2025

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

Welcome to the Key Information About Us section of the Branston Community Academy website. Please select from the menu. In this section you can locate lots of useful information related to the Academy. We hope that you will find these pages useful and if you have any further enquiries please do not hesitate to get in touch with us using the Contact Us page.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

18 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Band
  • Basketball
  • Chess
  • Choir
  • Creative Writing
  • Cricket
  • Dance
  • Debating
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Film Club
  • Football
  • Netball
  • Rounders

and 2 more

Awards

4 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
  • Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
  • Quality in CareersRecognised award

Key facts

URN
136358
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Sleaford and North Hykeham
Setting
Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2010

Governing body (17 current, 1 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

11 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Richard Edward Gilding Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr James CarterAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2024
Mrs Paula DeardenMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2024
Mrs Sarah Bassett Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Louise Rachel Bush Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Miss Ailsa Mary Webster Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · until 2030
Mr David Dearden Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2015 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Neil Harris Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2015 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Mark Turner Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardNominated by other body and appointed by GBsince 2014 · until 2026 ends 2026
Mrs Valerie Norman Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardNominated by other body and appointed by GBsince 2014 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Pauline (Polly) CoombesTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2014 · until 2030
Mr D DeardenMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2010
Ms Carrie OsborneChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2010
Mr Malcolm Norman Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardNominated by other body and appointed by GBsince 2010 · until 2029
Malcolm Norman Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2010
Mrs Val NormanMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2010
Mr David Boyd Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardNominated by other body and appointed by GBsince 2015 · term ended 2026

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Helen Marriott Confirmed same personGovernance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professionalsince 2015

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record