Linchfield Academy

Linchfield Academy has demonstrated a good level of performance across various areas, reflecting the school’s ambitious and caring ethos centered on core values known as the '5Rs'. The nurturing environment fosters pupils' emotional well-being, leading to high engagement in learning and a sense of safety among students. With a focus on initiatives such as reading, a well-developed curriculum, and positive contributions from the pupils, the school has made significant progress since its establishment as an academy in 2020. This is the school's first inspection since becoming an academy and shows notable improvements from its predecessor.

Strengths

• Ambitious and caring ethos built around core values.
• Strong emphasis on fostering a love of reading.
• Nurturing environment where pupils feel valued and secure.
• Quality early years provision that promotes balanced learning.
• Effective monitoring of attendance and proactive interventions.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not always check closely enough on pupils’ understanding during lessons.
• Inconsistent modelling of learning can lead to slower progress for some pupils.

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 Linchfield Academy attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Linchfield 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 Linchfield Academy had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.1% 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, 6.5% of pupils at Linchfield Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% 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 Linchfield Academy received £7,155 and spent £8,176 for each of its 307 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £231,000 (£754 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Community Inclusive Trust, income was £11,652 and spending £11,935 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 Peterborough · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Linchfield Academy is part of Community Inclusive Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• Tulip Academy Spalding
• St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, Spalding Spalding
• Billingborough Primary School Sleaford
• Osbournby Primary School Sleaford
• Greenfields Academy Grantham
• Newton Bridge Academy Grantham
• The Isaac Newton Primary School Grantham
• Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy Sleaford
• Poplar Farm School Grantham
• Carre's Grammar School Sleaford

What is Linchfield Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Linchfield Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Linchfield Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Linchfield Academy was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Linchfield Academy have?

Linchfield Academy has 294 pupils on roll.

What age range does Linchfield Academy cover?

Linchfield Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Linchfield Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Linchfield Academy?

Linchfield Academy is at Crowson Way, Deeping St James, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, PE6 8EY.