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St Lawrence Church of England Primary School

Primary · LINCOLN · LN6 5UZ

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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 22 March 2023

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At a glance

196 pupils · 90% of 218 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
14.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://skellingthorpesaintlawrenceprimary.co.uk
URN
120537

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 26 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 22 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

26 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school75%
Median of its 12 closest peers63%
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
High Meadow Community SchoolColeshill · 68 miles awayGood47%
Maylandsea Primary SchoolChelmsford · 122 miles awayGood63%
Marldon Church of England Primary SchoolPaignton · 230 miles awayNo current grade80%
The Leasingham St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolSleaford · 17 miles awayGood77%
St Thomas' CofE Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 68 miles awayGood56%
Landkey Community Primary AcademyBarnstaple · 208 miles awayGood57%
High Wych Church of England Primary SchoolSawbridgeworth · 104 miles awayGood63%
Howden Junior SchoolGoole · 37 miles awayExpected standard56%
Baschurch CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury · 98 miles awayGood71%
Bury CofE Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 59 miles awayGood81%
Lound Junior SchoolSheffield · 39 miles awayExpected standard63%
Elmstead Primary SchoolColchester · 115 miles awayExpected standard47%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Lincolnshire 79%, England 60%) · Not recorded 3% (Lincolnshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Lincolnshire 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lincolnshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
19.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,186; 13.3% 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£6,707
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £37,575; in-year balance -£41,980

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88.8%62.3%
Social housing0.4%17.1%
Privately rented10.8%20.5%
Detached houses89.4%22.9%
Flats0.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026226 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£251,000106 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£226,500–£305,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (72)£265,000
Semi-detached (28)£240,000
Terraced (6)£210,500

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

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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