Huttoft Primary & Nursery School
Church Lane, Huttoft, Alford, LN13 9RE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- HORNCASTLE EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Damian Davey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 191
- Pupils on roll
- 147
- URN
- 138808
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01507490284
About this school
Huttoft Primary & Nursery School is a primary academy in Alford. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 147 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 | 24 | 32 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 75% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 53% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 56% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.60 | - | - |
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 Huttoft Primary & Nursery 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 | 50% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 176 |
| 2023/24 | 178 |
| 2024/25 | 164 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Huttoft Primary & Nursery School compares
Huttoft Primary & Nursery School ranked 124th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 5.5% | 31.9% | 147 | — |
| Hogsthorpe Primary Academy | 86% | 6.8% | 44.6% | 46 | 2.9 miles |
| Sutton-on-Sea Community Primary School | 50% | 7.6% | 68.4% | 112 | 3.1 miles |
| Alford Primary School | 72% | 4.3% | 43% | 304 | 3.4 miles |
| St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby | — | — | — | 145 | 3.7 miles |
| Chapel St Leonards Primary School | 38% | 8.1% | 69.8% | 107 | 3.8 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)
- 31.94%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 5.5%
- Persistent absence
- 15.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hogsthorpe Primary Academy2.9 miles
Primary · Skegness
-
Sutton-on-Sea Community Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Mablethorpe
-
Alford Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Alford
-
St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby3.7 miles
Primary · Alford
-
Chapel St Leonards Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Skegness
Other schools in Alford
Common questions
- What year groups does Huttoft Primary & Nursery School teach?
- Huttoft Primary & Nursery School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Alford.
- Who is the headteacher of Huttoft Primary & Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Huttoft Primary & Nursery School is Mr Damian Davey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Huttoft Primary & Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Huttoft Primary & Nursery 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 Huttoft Primary & Nursery School?
- Huttoft Primary & Nursery School has 147 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Huttoft Primary & Nursery School full?
- Huttoft Primary & Nursery School has capacity for 191 pupils and 147 on roll (77%), 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 Huttoft Primary & Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Huttoft Primary & Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Huttoft Primary & Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Huttoft Primary & Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Huttoft Primary & Nursery School?
- Huttoft Primary & Nursery School is part of HORNCASTLE EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Huttoft Primary & Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Huttoft Primary & Nursery School rank locally?
- Huttoft Primary & Nursery School ranked 124th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Huttoft Primary & Nursery School's absence rate?
- Huttoft Primary & Nursery School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Huttoft Primary & Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Huttoft Primary & Nursery 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 1 July 2026.