Digby Church of England School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Lincolnshire·LN4 3LZ
Composite score
86.4
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National rank
#22
In East Midlands
#3
In Lincolnshire
Top 3%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
88%
% achieving higher RWM
25%
Reading average scaled score
113.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
26
any preference, for 10 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 Digby Church of England 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
56
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,478
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Digby Church of England School at a glance

Located in Lincolnshire, Digby Church of England School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 56 pupils aged 4 to 11. 88% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 38.0 percentage points year on 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 among the top 3% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 113 in reading and 112 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 25% 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 Digby Church of England School their first choice was offered one of its 10 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 12.2 pupils per teacher. Digby Church of England 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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