Primary school

Linchfield Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Lincolnshire
  • PE6 8EY
Ofsted Good · inspected Jul 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 11,115 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 74%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 63%63%2016/17: top 75%2017/18: top 84%2018/19: top 69%2022/23: top 47%47% · 2022/232023/24: top 54%2024/25: top 74%No exams

Against East MidlandsArrows: East Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM54% · East Midlands 63%3/10 Below−6.3 pts
Higher standard, RWM10% · East Midlands 6%8/10 Above+43.5 pts
Reading score104 · East Midlands 1053/10 Below
Maths score102 · East Midlands 1042/10 Well below East Midlands−14.2 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 49% · 49 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 52% · 67 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 50% · 68 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 60% · 67 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 63% · 48 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 61% · 57 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 54% · 52 pupils · East Midlands 63%63%49%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 8% · 49 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 3% · 67 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 6% · 68 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 6% · 67 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 6% · 48 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 9% · 57 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 10% · 52 pupils · East Midlands 6%10%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 103 · 49 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 103 · 67 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 103 · 68 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 103 · 67 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 103 · 48 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 106 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 104 · 52 pupils · East Midlands 105106103No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 49 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 101 · 67 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 100 · 68 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 104 · 67 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 48 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 103 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 102 · 52 pupils · East Midlands 104104100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
57 of 57 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st5757
2nd282
3rd150

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2014Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2015Goodas predecessor
  6. 2019Inadequateas predecessor
  7. 2019Ungraded visitas predecessor
  8. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026294
Free school meals (past 6 years)23.8%
First language not English2.0%
SEN support10.1%
EHC plan3.6%
Absence (sessions missed)4.0%
Persistently absent pupils10.4%

Girls 48.2%Boys 51.8%

64.1% full · 459 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.6
Pupils per adult11.2
  • Classroom teachers 12
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 10.4
  • Other support 6.6

Teachers 15 FTE · Whole workforce 32 · 45 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,954
Spend per pupil£6,853
Staff spend per pupil£5,765
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£31,000in-year balance

Grants £6,726 · self-generated £228 · premises £261 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE TRUST (16 academies) · trust reserve £2,066,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it