Great Steeping Primary School
Great Steeping, Spilsby, PE23 5PT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amy Halsall
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 112
- Pupils on roll
- 81
- URN
- 120451
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01754830251
About this school
Great Steeping Primary School is a community primary school in Spilsby. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 81 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 19 | 13 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 54% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 62% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 69% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 69% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
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 Great Steeping 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 | 63% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 94 |
| 2024/25 | 95 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Steeping Primary School compares
Great Steeping Primary School ranked 88th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 3.3% | 37.5% | 81 | — |
| Halton Holegate CofE Primary School | 80% | 6.5% | 45% | 62 | 1.6 miles |
| Spilsby Primary School | 57% | 6.8% | 43.6% | 175 | 2.8 miles |
| Toynton All Saints Primary School | 54% | 3.9% | 18.4% | 132 | 2.9 miles |
| Partney Church of England Aided Primary School | 11% | 7.8% | 38.2% | 63 | 3.1 miles |
| The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School | 65% | 6% | 27.8% | 203 | 3.6 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)
- 37.5%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.33%
- Persistent absence
- 8.22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Halton Holegate CofE Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
Spilsby Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
Toynton All Saints Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
Partney Church of England Aided Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School3.6 miles
Primary · Skegness
Other schools in Spilsby
Great Steeping Primary School ranks 2nd of the 5 ranked primary schools in Spilsby.
- Halton Holegate CofE Primary School Primary
- Partney Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Spilsby Primary School Primary
- Toynton All Saints Primary School Primary
- King Edward VI Academy Secondary
- The Eresby School, Spilsby Academies
- Woodlands Academy Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Great Steeping Primary School teach?
- Great Steeping Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Spilsby.
- Who is the headteacher of Great Steeping Primary School?
- The headteacher of Great Steeping Primary School is Mrs Amy Halsall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Great Steeping Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Steeping 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 Great Steeping Primary School?
- Great Steeping Primary School has 81 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Great Steeping Primary School full?
- Great Steeping Primary School has capacity for 112 pupils and 81 on roll (72%), 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 Great Steeping Primary School a faith school?
- No. Great Steeping Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Great Steeping Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Great Steeping Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Great Steeping Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Steeping Primary School rank locally?
- Great Steeping Primary School ranked 88th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Steeping Primary School's absence rate?
- Great Steeping Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Steeping Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Steeping 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.