Lincoln Birchwood Junior School

Lincoln Birchwood Junior School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas. Students are enthusiastic about their learning and feel safe and valued within the nurturing environment fostered by the staff. The school has made significant improvements since the previous inspection, particularly in their curriculum and support for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Leaders show ambition for their students and have carefully designed a curriculum to meet diverse needs while promoting a broad education.

Strengths

• Pupils display positive attitudes towards learning.
• The curriculum is broad, balanced, and supports diverse learning needs.
• Strong relationships exist between staff and pupils, fostering a caring environment.
• Leaders have made substantial improvements in the curriculum since the last inspection.
• Staff are knowledgeable and passionate about reading, contributing to a love for literature among pupils.
• Pupils receive timely support for reading difficulties, enhancing their learning experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle to remember previously taught content in detail.

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 Lincoln Birchwood Junior School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.8% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Lincoln Birchwood Junior 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 Lincoln Birchwood Junior School had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% 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, 23.3% of pupils at Lincoln Birchwood Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.3% 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 Lincoln Birchwood Junior School received £8,818 and spent £8,108 for each of its 253 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £293,000 (£1,156 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 Lincoln Birchwood Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lincoln Birchwood Junior School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Lincoln Birchwood Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lincoln Birchwood Junior School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Lincoln Birchwood Junior School have?

Lincoln Birchwood Junior School has 253 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lincoln Birchwood Junior School cover?

Lincoln Birchwood Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Lincoln Birchwood Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lincoln Birchwood Junior School?

Lincoln Birchwood Junior School is at Larchwood Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0NL.