Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School
Bristol Drive, Lincoln, LN6 7UE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Charlotte Hickerton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Lincoln
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 562
- URN
- 120427
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01522520359
About this school
Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School is a community primary school in Lincoln. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 562 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 85 | 68 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 26% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 60% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 40% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 57% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 99.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Sir Francis Hill Community 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 | 48% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 26% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 615 |
| 2023/24 | 623 |
| 2024/25 | 609 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School compares
Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School ranked 198th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 6.7% | 31.9% | 562 | — |
| The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School | 65% | 4.6% | 46.1% | 255 | 0.7 miles |
| Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.7% | 27.4% | 85 | 0.9 miles |
| The Lincoln Bishop King Church of England Primary School | 45% | 3.9% | 27.3% | 434 | 0.9 miles |
| Hartsholme Academy | 49% | 6% | 44.5% | 346 | 0.9 miles |
| The St Faith's Church of England Infant and Nursery School, Lincoln | — | 5.6% | 18% | 282 | 1.2 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)
- 31.92%
- English as an additional language
- 18.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.7%
- Persistent absence
- 19.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Lincoln
-
Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Lincoln
-
The Lincoln Bishop King Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Lincoln
-
Hartsholme Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Lincoln
-
The St Faith's Church of England Infant and Nursery School, Lincoln1.2 miles
Primary · Lincoln
Other schools in Lincoln
Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School ranks 55th of the 63 ranked primary 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 ages does Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School teach?
- Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Lincoln.
- Who is the headteacher of Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School is Mrs Charlotte Hickerton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sir Francis Hill Community 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 many pupils are at Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School?
- Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School has 562 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School full?
- Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 562 on roll (89%), 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 Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School compare with other schools in Lincolnshire?
- Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School ranked 198th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sir Francis Hill Community 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.