North Scarle Primary School
School Lane, North Scarle, Lincoln, LN6 9EY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Head
- Mrs Katie Durant-Good
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 48
- URN
- 120385
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01522778724
About this school
North Scarle Primary School is a community primary school in Lincoln. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 48 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 86% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 100% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 86% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 100% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | - |
| Reading progress | +5.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +8.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How North Scarle Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 86% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61 |
| 2023/24 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 49 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How North Scarle Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.9% | 18.4% | 48 | — |
| Eagle Community Primary School | 50% | 5.1% | 24.2% | 56 | 1.8 miles |
| Swinderby All Saints Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.3% | 30.9% | 77 | 2.7 miles |
| Sutton-On-Trent Primary and Nursery School | 64% | 3.6% | 12.5% | 129 | 2.9 miles |
| North Clifton Primary School | — | 2.8% | 4.6% | 20 | 3.1 miles |
| Queen Eleanor Primary School | 67% | 4.7% | 21.3% | 66 | 3.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.37%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.92%
- Persistent absence
- 8.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Eagle Community Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Lincoln
-
Swinderby All Saints Church of England Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Lincoln
-
Sutton-On-Trent Primary and Nursery School2.9 miles
Primary · Newark
-
North Clifton Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Newark
-
Queen Eleanor Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Newark
Other schools in Lincoln
- Bardney Church of England and Methodist Primary School Primary
- Bassingham Primary School Primary
- Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary Academy Primary
- Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Branston Church of England Infant Academy Primary
- Branston Junior Academy Primary
- Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School Primary
- Cherry Willingham Primary Academy Primary
- Coleby Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Digby Church of England School Primary
- Digby the Tedder Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does North Scarle Primary School teach?
- North Scarle Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Lincoln.
- Who is the acting head of North Scarle Primary School?
- The acting head of North Scarle Primary School is Mrs Katie Durant-Good, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was North Scarle Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected North Scarle Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is North Scarle Primary School?
- North Scarle Primary School has 48 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is North Scarle Primary School full?
- North Scarle Primary School has capacity for 70 pupils and 48 on roll (69%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is North Scarle Primary School a faith school?
- No. North Scarle Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does North Scarle Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records North Scarle Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have North Scarle Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 86% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is North Scarle Primary School's absence rate?
- North Scarle Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are North Scarle Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, North Scarle Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.