Saxilby Church of England Primary School

About Saxilby Church of England Primary School

Saxilby Church of England Primary School is a state primary for mixed pupils aged 3 to 11, currently home to 368 children against a capacity of 420, so there is a little headroom in the building. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 19.6%, which is above the national average for primary schools and suggests a genuinely mixed intake in terms of family income. The school is clearly popular with local families: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 46 applications for 38 places, making it oversubscribed with a ratio of 1.21 applicants per place. Of those 46 applications, 36 were first-preference choices, and all 36 received offers, meaning that if you put it first, your chances were very strong. As a Church of England school in the Lincolnshire local authority, it serves the West Lindsey area and is led by headteacher Sam Jackson, with nursery provision available for the youngest children.

Academically, the school holds a Good rating from Ofsted, confirmed in its most recent ungraded inspection in June 2023, which noted that the school remains Good. The previous graded inspection in 2012 had also rated it Good overall, with leadership and management judged Good and early years provision rated Requires Improvement at that time. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the local authority average of 57% and places the school 183rd out of 280 primary schools in Lincolnshire. Looking at individual subjects, 65% met the expected standard in reading, 69% in writing, and 63% in maths. Higher-standard attainment was modest: 6% reached the higher benchmark across all three subjects, with 22% achieving higher in reading, 20% in writing, and 10% in maths. Average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 101 in maths.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, library, ICT suite, music rooms, chapel, and outdoor playground with playing fields. Sports on offer include netball, athletics, swimming, dance, cricket, football and cross country, while clubs extend to coding, chess, film club, choir and gardening. SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder, social and emotional mental health needs, and other difficulties or disabilities. For families considering Saxilby, the oversubscription data suggests it is a realistic first-choice option with a high offer rate for first-preference applicants, and the Church of England character, nursery provision and broad extracurricular offer make it a good fit for families who want a community primary with a strong pastoral and activity-based side, even if academic outcomes sit below the local average.

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