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Alford Primary School

URN
120440
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Alford Primary School
URN
120440
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

72 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

68

Inspection

58

Admissions Value

83

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of primary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#65 of 203 schools in Lincolnshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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  • Alternative schools
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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Alford Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

What Admissions Advantage can and cannot tell you

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
  • Accessible alternative schools in your area

Cannot tell you

  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Alford Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
9 June 2025
Inspection date
24 April 2025
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Improved significantly

    Graded 9 June 2025

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

36

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

52

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

36

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.44×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Lincolnshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Lincolnshire)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.alford.lincs.sch.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Lincolnshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

79.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

77.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

79.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

72.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

LN13 9BJ - Hanby Lane, Alford, Lincolnshire

Contact details

Address
Hanby Lane, Alford, Lincolnshire
Postcode
LN13 9BJ
Phone
1507463414
Website
http://www.alford.lincs.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Lincolnshire
Local authority code
925

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 741 schools in Lincolnshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

741

Open schools

397

Closed schools

342

Primary schools

469

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    9 June 202524 April 2025-Improved significantlyView report for inspection published 9 June 2025
    • Improved significantly

      Published
      9 June 2025
      Inspected
      24 April 2025
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    69.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 36

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    131

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary469 (63.8%)
    • Secondary131 (17.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other135 (18.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College134 mSecondaryClosed
    John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College134 mSecondaryOpen
    Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School802 mSecondaryClosed
    Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy802 mSecondaryOpen
    St Helena's Church of England Primary School, Willoughby3.8 kmPrimaryClosed
    St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby3.8 kmPrimaryOpen
    Aby Church of England Primary School5.2 kmPrimaryClosed
    Huttoft Primary School5.5 kmPrimaryClosed
    Huttoft Primary & Nursery School5.5 kmPrimaryOpen
    The St Margaret's Church of England School, Withern7.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    • John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College
      Distance
      134 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College
      Distance
      134 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
      Distance
      802 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy
      Distance
      802 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Lincolnshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Aby Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryLN13 0DLClosed
    All Saints CofE/Methodist Primary SchoolPrimary-Closed
    Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryNG32 2DYOpen
    Ancaster CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryNG32 3QQOpen
    Aubourn Primary SchoolPrimaryLN5 9EBClosed
    • Aby Church of England Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LN13 0DL
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints CofE/Methodist Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      -
      Status
      Closed
    • Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NG32 2DY
      Status
      Open
    • Ancaster CofE Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NG32 3QQ
      Status
      Open
  • St Helena's Church of England Primary School, Willoughby
    Distance
    3.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby
    Distance
    3.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Aby Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    5.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Huttoft Primary School
    Distance
    5.5 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Huttoft Primary & Nursery School
    Distance
    5.5 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • The St Margaret's Church of England School, Withern
    Distance
    7.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Aubourn Primary School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    LN5 9EB
    Status
    Closed