The St Faith and St Martin Church of England Junior School, Lincoln
Primary · Lincoln · LN1 1LW
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 28 January 2020
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356 pupils · 99% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 23% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 19% of pupils
- SEN support
- 12.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.9% of pupils
- Website
- www.sfsm.co.uk/
- URN
- 120561
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
74 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 2% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 19 November 2024: Improved significantly
- 28 January 2020: Good
- 12 March 2019: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- 10 November 2015: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- The St Faith's Church of England Infant and Nursery School, Lincoln
- Westgate Academy
- Mount Street Academy
- Lincoln UTC
- The Lincoln St Peter-In-Eastgate Church of England Infants Academy
- Lincoln Castle Academy
- The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School
- The St Francis Special School, Lincoln