Spilsby Primary School
Woodlands Avenue, Spilsby, PE23 5EP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- INFINITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Nicholson
- Sponsor
- Infinity Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 175
- URN
- 142764
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01790752503
About this school
Spilsby Primary School is a primary academy in Spilsby. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 175 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
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 29 | 25 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 48% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 12% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 64% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 52% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% | 56% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.10 | - | - |
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 Spilsby 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 | 41% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 224 |
| 2023/24 | 199 |
| 2024/25 | 195 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Spilsby Primary School compares
Spilsby Primary School ranked 145th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% 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 | 57% | 6.8% | 43.6% | 175 | — |
| Halton Holegate CofE Primary School | 80% | 6.5% | 45% | 62 | 1.3 miles |
| Partney Church of England Aided Primary School | 11% | 7.8% | 38.2% | 63 | 1.4 miles |
| Toynton All Saints Primary School | 54% | 3.9% | 18.4% | 132 | 1.8 miles |
| Great Steeping Primary School | 65% | 3.3% | 37.5% | 81 | 2.8 miles |
| St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby | — | — | — | 145 | 5.6 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)
- 43.59%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.76%
- Persistent absence
- 21.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Halton Holegate CofE Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
Partney Church of England Aided Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
Toynton All Saints Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
Great Steeping Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Spilsby
-
St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby5.6 miles
Primary · Alford
Other schools in Spilsby
Spilsby Primary School ranks 3rd of the 5 ranked primary schools in Spilsby.
- Great Steeping Primary School Primary
- Halton Holegate CofE Primary School Primary
- Partney Church of England Aided 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 Spilsby Primary School teach?
- Spilsby Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Spilsby.
- Who is the headteacher of Spilsby Primary School?
- The headteacher of Spilsby Primary School is Mr Matthew Nicholson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Spilsby Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Spilsby 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 Spilsby Primary School?
- Spilsby Primary School has 175 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Spilsby Primary School full?
- Spilsby Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 175 on roll (83%), 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 Spilsby Primary School a faith school?
- No. Spilsby Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Spilsby Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Spilsby Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Spilsby Primary School?
- Spilsby Primary School is part of INFINITY ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Spilsby Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Spilsby Primary School rank locally?
- Spilsby Primary School ranked 145th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% 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 Spilsby Primary School's absence rate?
- Spilsby Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Spilsby Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Spilsby 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 2 July 2026.