The Middle Rasen Primary School

Community school·Primary school Market Rasen, Lincolnshire·LN8 3TS
Composite score
52.0
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#6,536
National rank
#503
In East Midlands
#70
In Lincolnshire
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
27
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Middle Rasen Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
130
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,728
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

The Middle Rasen Primary School is a primary school serving Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 130 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 6.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Middle Rasen Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. The Middle Rasen Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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