Lincoln Gardens Primary School
General Information
- Address: Lincoln Gardens, Ashby, Scunthorpe, DN16 2ED – View on map
- Phone: 01724844430
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Andrea Nuttall
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 66 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were 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 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 146
- % eligible for free school meals: 37.2%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the North Lincolnshire average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16% a year (North Lincolnshire 15.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 23% moved to another school, 77% 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.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Lincolnshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (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 North Lincolnshire, 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: 5.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 29 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 46% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points below the North Lincolnshire average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 55% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 58% · Writing 63% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 102
- Based on: 59 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: 46th of 52 junior and primary schools in the area
- #44Bottesford Junior School48%
- #45St Martin's Cofe Primary Academy47%
- #46Lincoln Gardens Primary School46%
- =47Crosby Primary School45%
- =47Scunthorpe CofE Primary School45%
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18th of 47 primary schools in North Lincolnshire for Ofsted rating
- #16Killingholme Primary SchoolGood
- #17Kirmington CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #18Lincoln Gardens Primary SchoolGood
- #19Luddington & Garthorpe PrimaryGood
- #20Messingham Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,469 (2024-25)
28th of 48 primary schools in North Lincolnshire for spending per pupil
- #26Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary School£6,692
- #27Willoughby Road Primary Academy£6,690
- #28Lincoln Gardens Primary School£6,469
- #29Belton All Saints CofE Primary School£6,467
- #30John Harrison C of E Primary School£6,416
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