Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School

Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School has maintained the good standards identified in its previous inspection, with a focus on ensuring that all pupils, regardless of their starting point, achieve well. The nurturing environment fosters excellent behaviour and respectful relationships, while the curriculum is broad and ambitious, allowing pupils to build on their knowledge effectively. The school's executive headteacher and the support of the Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust play significant roles in maintaining these standards and ensuring the community's needs are met. Pupils display a positive attitude towards their education, with an emphasis on personal development and extracurricular activities which help to raise their confidence. While reading is prioritized and methods implemented are effective, improvements in assessment checks could ensure that gaps in knowledge are quickly addressed. Overall, the school performs well with room for enhancements in understanding prior learning, enabling pupils to progress more seamlessly in their studies.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well from their starting points.
• Excellent behaviour and attitudes among pupils.
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Impressive reading strategy helping pupils to become fluent readers.
• Rich personal development program.
• Engagement in community charity work.

Areas for Improvement

• Checks on pupils' understanding are not always effective in identifying knowledge gaps.

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 Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.7% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Weston St Mary Church of England 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 Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School had 16.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 66.7% 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, 23.0% of pupils at Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 2024–25 Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School received £8,775 and spent £8,186 for each of its 54 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £50,000 (£921 per pupil).

Across all 24 schools of Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust, income was £7,689 and spending £7,482 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). 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 Spalding · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School is part of Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust, which runs 24 schools. The nearest others:

• Whaplode Church of England Primary School Spalding
• Spalding Parish Church of England Day School Spalding
• The Fourfields Church of England School, Sutterton Boston
• Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary School Boston
• The Morton Church of England (Controlled) Primary School Bourne
• Brown's Church of England Primary School Sleaford
• The Edenham Church of England School Bourne
• Stamford St Gilberts Church of England Primary School Stamford
• William Lovell Church of England Academy Boston
• Ruskington Chestnut Street Church of England Academy Sleaford

What is Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School have?

Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School has 61 pupils on roll.

What age range does Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School cover?

Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School?

Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School is at Small Drove, Weston, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 6HU.