Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Lincolnshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry18 applications · 7 places offered · 6 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Lincolnshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
Dashed bars: as Brown's Church of England Primary School, Horbling (URN 120603), Rippingale Church of England Primary School (URN 120535), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 9 | 0.75 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 63% · Writing 88% · Maths 100% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 63% | 0% | 103 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 8% | 103 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 50% | 17% | 105 | 110 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Brown's Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · LincolnshireNot yet inspected1.3applications per place
- 3.3 km · LincolnshireGood20241.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20242.4applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · LincolnshireRequires improvement20231.3applications per place
- 8.9 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 9.3 km · LincolnshireGood20241.7applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 9.6 km · LincolnshireGood20241.6applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 10.4 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20222.6applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143258 · 925/3317
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 52 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Brown's Church of England Primary School, Horbling (URN 120603); Rippingale Church of England Primary School (URN 120535)
- Address
- Sandygate Lane, Horbling, Sleaford, NG34 0PL
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · South Kesteven
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources