The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School

About The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School

The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School is a primary school in the Lincolnshire local authority, serving the East Lindsey area. Among the 280 primary schools in the county, it ranks 109th, placing it comfortably in the middle of the pack. Its top-performing local peers include Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School, Deeping St Nicholas Primary School, and The Tydd St Mary Church of England Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. The school itself is a state-funded, mixed-gender primary for children aged 4 to 11, with a Church of England/Methodist religious character. It has a capacity of 210 pupils and currently enrols 176, with a notably high proportion of students eligible for free school meals at 64.2%. Headteacher Melanie Page leads the school, which has held a Good rating from Ofsted since its most recent graded inspection in 2017, and an ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed it remains Good.

Academically, the school's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined was 59%, which sits just above the Lincolnshire local authority average of 57%. However, the school's ranking on this metric places it in the bottom 50% nationally, at the 59th percentile. In individual subjects, writing was a relative strength, with 78% of pupils meeting the expected standard, while reading and maths both stood at 63%. Higher attainment was limited: 7% of pupils achieved a higher score in maths, 4% in reading, and none in writing. Average scaled scores were 101 in reading and 102 in maths. Ofsted's breakdown from the 2017 graded inspection rated leadership and management, as well as overall effectiveness, as Good, with early years provision also judged Good. The school's previous inspection in 2013 had rated it as Requires Improvement, so the improvement trajectory is clear.

The school offers a solid range of facilities, including a sensory room, forest school area, music rooms, an ICT suite, playing fields, a gymnasium, an outdoor playground, and a chapel. Sports provision covers rounders, football, cricket, cross country, netball, gymnastics, and tennis, while clubs include eco club, drama, coding, art club, film club, and choir. For SEND, the school supports children with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. Admissions for the 2025/26 academic year show the school is oversubscribed, with 24 first-preference applications for 24 places and one additional application overall, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.04. This suggests a steady local demand. The Wainfleet Magdalen is best suited to families in the East Lindsey area seeking a faith-based primary with strong SEND support and a broad extracurricular offer, particularly those who value a school that has improved its Ofsted rating and maintains solid core results above the local average.

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