Graded inspection · Jul 2025 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 entry37 applications · 18 places offered · 16 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 1.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 2.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
Dashed bars: as St Helena's Church of England Primary School, Willoughby (URN 120587), 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 | 18 | 37 | 2.1 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 * | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 15 | 28 | 1.9 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 * | 18 | 26 | 1.4 | 15 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 * | 24 | 39 | 1.6 | 25 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 * | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 16 | 43 | 2.7 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 20 | 36 | 1.8 | 23 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2018 * | 19 | 46 | 2.4 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 20 | 45 | 2.3 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 14 | 32 | 2.3 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 19 | 31 | 1.6 | 19 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, WilloughbyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place
- 3.8 km · LincolnshireImproved significantly20251.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 6.0 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 6.5 km · LincolnshireGood20244.0applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 6.9 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 11%met the SATs standard
- 7.7 km · LincolnshireGood20221.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 8.3 km · LincolnshireRequires improvement20232.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 8.6 km · LincolnshireGood20221.4applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 9.0 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 152023 · 925/3151
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 145 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- St Helena's Church of England Primary School, Willoughby (URN 120587)
- Address
- Main Road, Willoughby, Alford, LN13 9NH
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · East Lindsey
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources