Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary School
General Information
- Address: Moor Lane, Martin, Lincoln, LN4 3RB – View on map
- Phone: 01526378330
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Andrew Sewell
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 10 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 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 22
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.3%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Kesteven average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 0% a year (North Kesteven 13%, typical in England 13.9%)
- 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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 25.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
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: 44% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 20 percentage points below the North Kesteven average (64%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 50% · Writing 56% · Maths 56% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 38%
- Average test scores: reading 100, maths 98
- Based on: 16 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: 40th of 43 junior and primary schools in the area
- #38Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary Academy47%
- #39Waddington Redwood Primary Academy45%
- #40Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary School44%
- #41Leadenham Church of England Academy43%
- #42Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy38%
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12th of 38 primary schools in North Kesteven for Ofsted rating
- #10Leadenham Church of England AcademyGood
- #11Manor Farm AcademyGood
- #12Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolGood
- #13Navenby Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #14Nocton Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,656 (2024-25)
12th of 44 primary schools in North Kesteven for spending per pupil
- #10The Welbourn Church of England Primary School£9,007
- #11Walcott Primary School£8,773
- #12Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary School£8,656
- #13Helpringham Primary Academy£8,581
- #14Church Lane Primary School & Nursery£8,568
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