The Sibsey Free Primary School

The Sibsey Free Primary School continues to perform as a good school, showcasing a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and valued. Students express a strong sense of belonging and enjoyment in their educational experience, describing the school as a second home. There is a high standard of pupil behavior and strong relationships between staff and students. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, and leadership is effective in identifying the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Overall, pupils achieve well and demonstrate a positive attitude towards learning.

Strengths

• Pupils express high levels of enjoyment and feel safe at school.
• Staff provide strong support and care for students.
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious from early years to Year 6.
• Teaching of phonics and early reading is particularly strong.
• There is effective support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Positive and trusting relationships exist between pupils and staff.
• Pupils engage in a variety of extra-curricular activities and community support.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the knowledge leaders want pupils to learn is not clearly defined.
• Teachers may lack clarity on what knowledge to check for pupil understanding in less defined 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 The Sibsey Free Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at The Sibsey Free 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 The Sibsey Free Primary School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 13.9% of pupils at The Sibsey Free Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% 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 The Sibsey Free Primary School received £7,077 and spent £7,137 for each of its 173 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £83,000 (£482 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 The Sibsey Free Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Sibsey Free Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was The Sibsey Free Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Sibsey Free Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does The Sibsey Free Primary School have?

The Sibsey Free Primary School has 173 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Sibsey Free Primary School cover?

The Sibsey Free Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are The Sibsey Free Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Sibsey Free Primary School?

The Sibsey Free Primary School is at Main Road, Sibsey, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 0RR.