Welton St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Lincolnshire·LN2 3LA
Composite score
63.4
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#3,036
National rank
#212
In East Midlands
#26
In Lincolnshire
Top 21%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
81
any preference, for 44 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9520231.0020241.0020250.982026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Welton St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 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
394
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,589
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Welton St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy

Welton St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 394 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 76% 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 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 21% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% 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 Welton St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 44 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 23.1 pupils per teacher. Welton St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 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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