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Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy

Lutton, Spalding, PE12 9HN

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OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)94.3%
Attainment (2024/25)60% met expected standard (KS2)
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils104

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jan 2025): no overall grade. Quality of education require improvement; behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years good. See the full Ofsted report.

Report published 2 Mar 2025.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in PE12. Where we have them, council (South Holland) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
104
Free school meals
27.9%
9.6% below district average (37.5%)

Also: England 24.7%

SEN
24.3%
1% below district average (25.3%)

Also: England 18.2%

EAL
1%
5.7% below district average (6.7%)
Attendance
94.3% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.1% above district average (94.2%)

Also: England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the PE12 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

17.6%

4.3% above England (13.3%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

60%

2% below England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

0%

8% below England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

67%

8% below England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

73%

1% above England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

60%

14% below England (74%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 92.8%
    2021/22
  • 93.7%
    2022/23
  • 95.3%
    2023/24
  • 94.3%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 43%
    2022/23
  • 47%
    2023/24
  • 60%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put this school first. 15 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
20
First-preference offers
15
First preferences offered a place
75%
Total offers
15
Named on any preference
37

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
105
Pupils on roll
104

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Lincolnshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
24.3%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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