Toynton All Saints Primary School

Toynton All Saints Primary is a warm, inclusive community primary school where pupils enjoy learning and behave well. Inspectors found strong relationships, high expectations for all pupils including those with SEND, and good provision for behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. Reading and mathematics are particular strengths: pupils become fluent readers and tackle complex mathematical problems, and children get a strong start in early years. Safeguarding is effective. However, the quality of education requires improvement. The curriculum is ambitious and has improved since the previous inspection, but in some subjects the essential knowledge pupils should learn is not identified precisely enough. This is compounded by mixed-age classes not always having adapted curriculums, so work is not consistently matched to pupils' understanding. Assessment systems in foundation subjects are new, meaning teachers do not yet have reliable information to adapt teaching, and some recently developed curriculums have not yet had the intended impact on pupils' knowledge and recall. The school has faced changing leadership circumstances, including a new co-headteacher in September 2024, but governors have supported significant progress in curriculum, assessment and SEND provision. Staff enjoy working at the school and benefit from training. The report notes that schools inspected from September 2024 do not receive an overall effectiveness grade.

Strengths

• Warm and welcoming school with strong, trusting relationships
• Pupils behave well and treat each other with respect
• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Pupils are eager to learn and take responsibility for their behaviour
• Strong reading provision helps pupils become fluent, accurate readers
• Pupils learn to solve complex mathematical problems
• Ambitious curriculum with precise knowledge in English and mathematics
• Inclusive SEND provision with personalised strategies and supportive classrooms
• Children get off to a strong start in early years
• Excellent pastoral support for behaviour and emotional needs
• Personal development prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Governors support improvement and staff benefit from training

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, essential knowledge is not identified precisely enough
• Curriculum in some subjects is not adapted for mixed-age classes
• Work is not consistently matched to pupils' existing understanding in some subjects
• Foundation subject assessment checks are new and not yet informing curriculum adaptations
• Teachers do not yet have reliable information about pupils' learning over time in foundation subjects
• Some recently developed curriculums have not yet had the intended impact on pupils' knowledge
• Pupils' recall of learning is inconsistent in some subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Toynton All Saints Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Toynton All Saints Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Toynton All Saints Primary School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.9% of pupils at Toynton All Saints Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Toynton All Saints Primary School received £8,646 and spent £8,491 for each of its 132 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £15,000 (£114 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Toynton All Saints Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Toynton All Saints Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Toynton All Saints Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Toynton All Saints Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Toynton All Saints Primary School have?

Toynton All Saints Primary School has 132 pupils on roll.

What age range does Toynton All Saints Primary School cover?

Toynton All Saints Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Toynton All Saints Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Toynton All Saints Primary School?

Toynton All Saints Primary School is at Main Road, Toynton All Saints, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5AQ.