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Nettleton Community Primary School

Primary · Market Rasen · LN7 6AA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 19 October 2022

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At a glance

65 pupils · 79% of 82 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.nettleton.lincs.sch.uk
URN
120465

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 4 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 19 October 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

22 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
55%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school55%
Median of its 12 closest peers40.5%
Lincolnshire average59.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St William's Catholic Primary School, PillingPreston · 109 miles awayGood14%
Walpole Cross Keys Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 56 miles awayGood50%
Cornwood Church of England Primary SchoolIvybridge · 262 miles awayRequires improvement56%
Widford SchoolWidford Herts · 116 miles awayGood (2019)63%
Faldingworth Community Primary SchoolMarket Rasen · 10 miles awayGood43%
Middleton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield · 33 miles awayGood44%
Stretton Handley Church of England Primary SchoolAlfreton · 52 miles awayGood29%
Highwood Primary SchoolChelmsford · 126 miles awayGood25%
Castle Acre Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn · 69 miles awayGood (2018)33%
St Bartholomews CofE Primary SchoolSpalding · 47 miles awayRequires improvement44%
Worth Primary SchoolDeal · 170 miles awayGood14%
Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 158 miles awayGood38%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (Lincolnshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Lincolnshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Lincolnshire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.48 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lincolnshire: 3.47 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,720; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£11,404
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £70,899; in-year balance -£22,940

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.7%62.3%
Social housing14.4%17.1%
Privately rented22.9%20.5%
Detached houses53.4%22.9%
Flats0.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026416 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£272,50045 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£195,000–£355,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (31)£320,000
Semi-detached (10)£194,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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