Ling Moor Primary Academy

Ling Moor Primary Academy is performing exceptionally well. Inspectors found high-quality education across the school, with pupils achieving highly and being prepared very well for life beyond primary school. The school has a strong, happy community ethos, exemplary pupil behaviour and a broad personal development offer. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The curriculum is meticulously designed from early years through to Year 6, helping pupils build a deep and extensive store of knowledge. Reading is a particular strength, with a strong reading culture and an expertly taught phonics programme. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive expert support, and children in the early years get off to the best possible start. Leadership is of the highest quality, staff are well supported, and the trust and local governors provide effective challenge and support. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2013, when it was previously judged outstanding. The school is part of The Priory Federation of Academies. No areas of concern were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Exceptional leadership at all levels, with high-quality trust and governor support
• Strong reading culture and expertly taught phonics programme
• Meticulously designed curriculum that builds knowledge cumulatively across subjects
• Excellent early years provision with high-quality adult interactions
• Expert support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and positive attitudes to learning
• Broad and rich personal development offer, including extracurricular activities and careers guidance
• Pupils are highly inclusive and do not tolerate discrimination
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

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 Ling Moor Primary Academy attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.4% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Ling Moor Primary Academy 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 Ling Moor Primary Academy had 26.4 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, 15.4% of pupils at Ling Moor Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 2024–25 Ling Moor Primary Academy received £6,599 and spent £6,852 for each of its 414 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £637,000 (£1,538 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of The Priory Federation of Academies, income was £8,686 and spending £8,648 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Lincoln · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Ling Moor Primary Academy is part of The Priory Federation of Academies, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• The Priory Witham Academy Lincoln
• The Priory City of Lincoln Academy Lincoln
• Waddington Redwood Primary Academy Lincoln
• Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School Lincoln
• The Priory Academy LSST Lincoln
• Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary Academy Lincoln
• Heighington Millfield Primary Academy Lincoln
• Cherry Willingham Primary Academy Lincoln
• The Priory Pembroke Academy Lincoln
• The Priory Ruskin Academy Grantham

What is Ling Moor Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ling Moor Primary Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Ling Moor Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Ling Moor Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Ling Moor Primary Academy have?

Ling Moor Primary Academy has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ling Moor Primary Academy cover?

Ling Moor Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Ling Moor Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ling Moor Primary Academy?

Ling Moor Primary Academy is at Richmond Drive, North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8QZ.