The Lancaster School
Primary · LINCOLN · LN6 0QQ
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 12 January 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
99 pupils · 43% of 232 capacity
- School type
- Foundation school
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 48.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 17.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 18.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.lancaster.lincs.sch.uk/
- URN
- 120686
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place26 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
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)
93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% 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
- 12 January 2023: School remains Good
- 30 November 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.