About the School

We are an independent co-educational HMC school for pupils aged 4 – 18 years based in the heart of Lincolnshire, UK.

The Lincoln Minster School experience provides an enriched education that consistently creates high achievers with purpose, ambition and character. Our small class sizes allow us to give each student the attention and individualised nurturing needed to support their development as they reach their full potential.

The Lincoln Minster School experience

Our pupils and parents have the opportunity to help curate their learning experience, with the option to take advantage of our 50+ co-curricular clubs, our excellent sports and music facilities, our peripatetic music specialists or through life-changing, character-forming overseas travel opportunities. When our pupils and parents join us, they join the rich Lincoln Minster School family, a close-knit community that stays connected beyond graduation.

  • The majority of our pupils go onto higher education, which includes selective universities here in the UK such as Oxbridge, Russell Group institutions and conservatoires. 
  • UK Top 40 Preparatory School – Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2022 and 2023
  • 85% of our applicants secured places at their first choice institution (2025)
  • Lincoln was voted the best UK city to raise a family (2020 and 2022)
  • Shortlisted for Sporting Achievement in the Independent Schools of the Year Awards (2022)
  • Finalist for Student Wellbeing in the Independent Schools of the Year Awards (2022 and 2023)

Established

1996

Location

Lincoln

Type

Boarding, Mixed School

Age

4-18

Choose 3-4 subjects

Art, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Drama and Theatre Studies, Economics, English Literature, Further Mathematics, Geography, Graphics, History, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, Photography, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, and Sociology.

*Please note that course offerings may change. For the latest information, please check the school’s official website.

The majority of students in the UK take around 9 subjects at GCSE

Core Subjects: All students in Years 10 and 11 study English Language (Cambridge IGCSE), English Literature, Mathematics (Edexcel IGCSE), and either three separate Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics) or Combined Science.

Optional Subjects: After selecting their Science option, students choose four additional subjects from the following: Art and Design, Business Studies, Computer Science, Drama, French, Geography, Graphic Design, History, Music, Philosophy, Religion and Ethics, Physical Education, Spanish, and Textiles.

*Please note that course offerings may change. For the latest information, please check the school’s official website.

Admission Criteria

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  • Skype Interview
  • Recent School Report/Transcript
  • Schooling certificate/attendance certificate
  • Entrance Tests