Church Lane Primary School & Nursery
About Church Lane Primary School & Nursery
Church Lane Primary School & Nursery in North Kesteven was rated Outstanding in its most recent Ofsted inspection in February 2025, a grade it has now held across two consecutive inspections. The school’s strongest academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2, which sits at 77 per cent. That is a full 20 percentage points above the Lincolnshire local authority average of 57 per cent, placing Church Lane 6th out of 41 primary schools in the North Kesteven area and in the top 25 per cent nationally. The school also performs well at the higher standard, with 10 per cent of pupils achieving greater depth across all three subjects, while individual subject scores in reading and maths both average 105.
Key Details
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
25 Feb 2025From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.
Source: Ofsted, 24 Mar 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:45 – 15:20
Breakfast club
08:30-09:00
After-school care
15:20-18:00
Source: churchlaneprimary.org.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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