Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Lincolnshire·LN4 2EH
Composite score
19.5
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#14,473
National rank
#1383
In East Midlands
#242
In Lincolnshire
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
30%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
29
any preference, for 11 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
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 Dunston St Peter's Church of England 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
81
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,950
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 81 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 30% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 10 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. Dunston St Peter's Church of England 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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