Schools in Lincoln

About schools in Lincoln

Lincoln lists 108 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 13 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One all-through school teaches every age from the early years to school-leaving age on a single site.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

59%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 66 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

42.8

average Attainment 8 score, across the 15 schools with published results

Nursery schools2

• The Kingsdown Nursery School, Lincoln

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

• The Lincoln St Giles Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 0 to 5

Primary schools76

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Bardney Church of England and Methodist Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Bassingham Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 7

• Branston Church of England Infant Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Branston Junior Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Cherry Willingham Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Coleby Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Digby Church of England School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  88%

  expected standard
• Digby the Tedder Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Dunholme St Chad's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  30%

  expected standard
• Eagle Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Ermine Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Fiskerton Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Fosse Way Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Hartsholme Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  49%

  expected standard
• Heighington Millfield Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Ingham Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Leadenham Church of England Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Leslie Manser Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• Lincoln Birchwood Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• Lincoln Carlton Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Lincoln Monks Abbey Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Ling Moor Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• Manor Farm Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Mount Street Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 7

• Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  44%

  expected standard
• Navenby Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• New York Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11 · Due to close

• Newton-on-Trent CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2 to 11

• Nocton Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• North Scarle Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

• Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School A Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Pollyplatt Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Reepham Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Saxilby Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Scampton Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Skellingthorpe the Holt Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• St Giles Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• St Hugh's Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  49%

  expected standard
• St Lawrence Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Sturton by Stow Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Swinderby All Saints Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Tattershall Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Tattershall Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• The Billinghay Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• The Hackthorn Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  89%

  expected standard
• The Lancaster School

  Foundation school · Ages 3 to 7

• The Lincoln Bishop King Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• The Lincoln Manor Leas Infants School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 7

• The Lincoln Manor Leas Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• The Lincoln St Peter-In-Eastgate Church of England Infants Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 7

• The Meadows Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• The Metheringham Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• The Nettleham Infant and Nursery School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 7

• The North Hykeham All Saints Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• The Potterhanworth Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• The South Hykeham Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• The St Faith and St Martin Church of England Junior School, Lincoln

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 7 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• The St Faith's Church of England Infant and Nursery School, Lincoln

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 7

• The St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Thorpe on the Hill

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• The Welbourn Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Waddington All Saints Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Waddington Redwood Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Walcott Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Washingborough Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Welton St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Westgate Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Witham St Hughs Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Woodlands Infant and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

Secondary schools13

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Branston Community Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  43.8

  Attainment 8
• Lincoln Castle Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  40.8

  Attainment 8
• Lincoln Christ's Hospital School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  38.3

  Attainment 8
• Lincoln UTC

  University technical college · Ages 14 to 19

  46.1

  Attainment 8
• North Kesteven Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  37.9

  Attainment 8
• Sir Robert Pattinson Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  45.9

  Attainment 8
• Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  39.8

  Attainment 8
• St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  37.7

  Attainment 8
• The Barnes Wallis Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  39.1

  Attainment 8
• The Priory Academy LSST

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 18

  53.9

  Attainment 8
• The Priory City of Lincoln Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 18

  35.6

  Attainment 8
• The Priory Pembroke Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  41.0

  Attainment 8
• William Farr CofE Comprehensive School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  50.8

  Attainment 8

All-through schools1

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• The Priory Witham Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 18

  37.9

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Lincoln College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision10

• Acacia School

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 19

• Acorn Free School

  Free schools alternative provision · Ages 11 to 16

• Athena School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Fortuna School

  Community special school · Ages 4 to 11

• Kisimul School

  Other independent special school · Ages 8 to 19

• Lincolnshire Secure Unit

  Secure units · Ages 10 to 17

• Springwell Alternative Academy Lincoln

  Free schools alternative provision · Ages 4 to 16

• The Lincoln St Christopher's School

  Community special school · Ages 3 to 19

• The St Francis Special School, Lincoln

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 19

• The Willows School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 15

Independent schools2

• Burton Hathow Preparatory School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 11

• Lincoln Minster School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 18

Other establishments3

• Broughton House College

  Miscellaneous · Ages 16 to 99

• Lincoln Bishop University

  Higher education institutions

• University of Lincoln

  Higher education institutions

Common questions about schools in Lincoln

How many schools does Lincoln have?

OfferDay lists 108 schools in Lincoln, including 76 primary schools and 13 secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Lincoln?

Every school in Lincoln is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Lincoln ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Lincoln where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.