Chapel St Leonards Primary School
General Information
- Address: Amery Way, Chapel St Leonards, Skegness, PE24 5LS – View on map
- Phone: 01754872429
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sherilyn Borrell
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 17 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 56
- % eligible for free school meals: 52.8%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the East Lindsey average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 32% a year (East Lindsey 16.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Lincolnshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 15 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Lincolnshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 8.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 32.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Multi-sensory impairment: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 38% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 20 percentage points below the East Lindsey average (58%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 39% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 39%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 46% · Writing 63% · Maths 50% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 33%
- Average test scores: reading 97, maths 99
- Based on: 24 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 41st of 49 junior and primary schools in the area
- #39Mablethorpe Primary Academy48%
- #40Gipsey Bridge Academy46%
- =41Chapel St Leonards Primary School38%
- =41Kidgate Academy38%
- =41North Cockerington Church of England Primary School38%
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6th of 42 primary schools in East Lindsey for Ofsted rating
- #4Binbrook CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #5Bucknall Primary SchoolGood
- #6Chapel St Leonards Primary SchoolGood
- #7Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #8Friskney All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,618 (2024-25)
17th of 48 primary schools in East Lindsey for spending per pupil
- #15Ingoldmells Academy£8,928
- #16Friskney All Saints Church of England Primary School£8,814
- #17Chapel St Leonards Primary School£8,618
- #18Stickney Church of England Primary School£8,549
- #19Lift North Thoresby£8,515
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