Deeping St Nicholas Primary School | Primary in Spalding, South Holland | Ofsted & DfE

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 17/11/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLincolnshire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Deeping St Nicholas Primary School · Primary · Lincolnshire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

56%

-33pp

89%70%50%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 56%

RWM higher standard

11%

0pp

11%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

78%

Reading higher standard

33%

Writing expected standard

78%

Writing higher standard

11%

Maths expected standard

67%

Maths higher standard

11%

Science expected standard

100%

SPAG expected standard

67%

SPAG higher standard

11%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

GPS scaled score

101.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

29%

SEN

18%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Main Road, Deeping St Nicholas, Spalding, PE11 3DG

Local authority

Lincolnshire

Website

www.dsnschool.org.uk/

Telephone

01775630280

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	56%	11%	78%	33%	78%	11%	67%	11%	100%	67%	104.0	101.0	101.0	—	—	—	18%	68
2023/24	89%	11%	100%	67%	100%	33%	89%	33%	100%	89%	111.0	107.0	108.0	—	—	—	17%	66
2022/23	50%	0%	50%	10%	60%	0%	50%	0%	80%	60%	99.0	100.0	100.0	-2.40	+0.30	-0.50	15%	61
2018/19	67%	0%	78%	22%	78%	11%	67%	0%	89%	78%	108.0	104.0	104.0	+0.20	-1.30	-3.90	22%	58
2017/18	50%	0%	64%	7%	79%	7%	57%	7%	79%	64%	102.0	101.0	103.0	-1.80	-0.10	-2.30	21%	58
2016/17	46%	8%	77%	31%	69%	8%	54%	15%	100%	54%	104.0	101.0	104.0	+1.70	-1.90	-1.20	16%	69

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	68	22.7	18%	6%	29%	3%	2%
2023/24	66	22.0	17%	8%	26%	4%	10%
2022/23	61	20.3	15%	7%	30%	5%	11%
2021/22	61	20.3	18%	7%	31%	6%	28%
2020/21	60	15.0	13%	7%	28%	—	—
2018/19	58	14.5	22%	12%	28%	4%	—
2017/18	58	14.5	21%	10%	34%	5%	7%
2016/17	69	17.7	16%	15%	38%	4%	8%