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The Pilgrim School

Special / other · Boston · PE20 3RQ

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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 June 2024

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At a glance

7 pupils

School type
Community special school
Age range
4–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
28.6% of pupils
English as additional language
0% of pupils
SEN support
20% of pupils
EHC plan
80% of pupils
Website
http://www.pilgrim.lincs.sch.uk
URN
120753

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
70.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
98.1%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
0.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% 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.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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