Comprehensive and Secondary Modern Schools
Despite the bias towards selection, there are non selective schools in Lincolnshire with good (above average) results, and excellent results. The Priory (formerly the Lincoln School of Science and Technology) is well regarded and achieves results comparable with the selective schools. William Farr School at Welton recently topped the national list for 'A level' results and was described in a recent OFSTED report as "outstanding", achieving A level results well above most comprehensives, especially across the East Midlands. Another good comprehensive is The Deepings School in Market Deeping; the good comprehensives are generally in middle class areas. Amongst the secondary modern schools are some that achieve good results and OFSTED inspections. In the county are 63 state secondary schools and 8 independent schools, not including sixth form colleges, although only the two independent schools in Stamford are typical of the 'public schools'. North East Lincolnshire LEA has 12 state schools and one independent school, and North Lincolnshire LEA has 14 state schools. In general, most school results in both these unitary authority LEAs are low for GCSE and A-level, with the exception of the Franklin College in Grimsby.
Unlike many areas of the UK, schools in Lincolnshire LEA luckily rarely fall victim to arson. However North East Lincolnshire has had arson problems and to a lesser degree, Scunthorpe. Due to Grimsby's teenage pregnancy levels, it has a Young Mums Unit to support pregnant schoolchildren.
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