Partney Church of England Aided Primary School
Maddison Lane, Partney, Spilsby, PE23 4PX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Addison
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lincoln
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 63
- URN
- 120627
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01790753319
About this school
Partney Church of England Aided Primary School is a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Spilsby. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 63 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
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | - | 11% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | - | 22% |
| Expected standard in maths | 38% | - | 22% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 38% | - | 11% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | - | 96.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | - | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.50 | - | - |
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 Partney Church of England Aided 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 | 15% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 11% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69 |
| 2023/24 | 66 |
| 2024/25 | 68 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Partney Church of England Aided Primary School compares
Partney Church of England Aided Primary School ranked 245th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 11% | 7.8% | 38.2% | 63 | — |
| Spilsby Primary School | 57% | 6.8% | 43.6% | 175 | 1.4 miles |
| Halton Holegate CofE Primary School | 80% | 6.5% | 45% | 62 | 2.3 miles |
| Great Steeping Primary School | 65% | 3.3% | 37.5% | 81 | 3.1 miles |
| Toynton All Saints Primary School | 54% | 3.9% | 18.4% | 132 | 3.3 miles |
| St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby | — | — | — | 145 | 4.3 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)
- 38.24%
- English as an additional language
- 1.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.81%
- Persistent absence
- 15.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Spilsby Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
Halton Holegate CofE Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
Great Steeping Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
Toynton All Saints Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby4.3 miles
Primary · Alford
Other schools in Spilsby
Partney Church of England Aided Primary School ranks 5th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Spilsby.
- Great Steeping Primary School Primary
- Halton Holegate CofE 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 Partney Church of England Aided Primary School teach?
- Partney Church of England Aided Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Spilsby.
- Who is the headteacher of Partney Church of England Aided Primary School?
- The headteacher of Partney Church of England Aided Primary School is Miss Sarah Addison, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Partney Church of England Aided Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Partney Church of England Aided 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 Partney Church of England Aided Primary School?
- Partney Church of England Aided Primary School has 63 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Partney Church of England Aided Primary School full?
- Partney Church of England Aided Primary School has capacity for 90 pupils and 63 on roll (70%), 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 Partney Church of England Aided Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Partney Church of England Aided Primary School is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Lincoln.
- Does Partney Church of England Aided Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Partney Church of England Aided Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Partney Church of England Aided Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 15% in 2022/23 and 11% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Partney Church of England Aided Primary School rank locally?
- Partney Church of England Aided Primary School ranked 245th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Partney Church of England Aided Primary School's absence rate?
- Partney Church of England Aided Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Partney Church of England Aided Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Partney Church of England Aided 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.