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Schools in Lincolnshire

393 schools in the Lincolnshire local authority.

Schools

393

Open schools

Pupils

110,127

2025–26 census

Good or better

91%

272 of 299 graded

Academic Performance

4.4

out of 10 · 361 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
16 5%
Good
256 86%
Requires improvement
23 8%
Inadequate
4 1%
52 inspected since 2024, no overall grade21 superseded by a report card42 not judged4 in a category of concern
4.4
Academic Performance

Averaged over 361 of 393 schools that can be scored

Pupils

110,127

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 389 of 393 schools (110,127 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
86%
Asian
3%
Black
2%
Mixed
4%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 361 of 393 schools (106,526 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
28.9%

30,788 of 106,526 pupils · 361 of 393 schools

First language not English
12.6%

13,430 of 106,526 pupils · 361 of 393 schools

Young carers
1.7%

1,832 of 106,066 pupils · 356 of 393 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
288
Secondary
56
All-through
2
Special
27
Nursery
5
PRU
5
Not recorded
10

Top primary schools in Lincolnshire

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Lincolnshire

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 393 schools in Lincolnshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Lincolnshire

How many schools are there in Lincolnshire?
Lincolnshire has 393 open schools — 288 primary, 56 secondary, 27 special, 5 nursery, teaching 110,127 pupils in total.
How many schools in Lincolnshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
272 of the 299 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 91% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 16 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 393: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Lincolnshire?
4.4 out of 10, averaged across the 361 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Lincolnshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
94 schools in Lincolnshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Lincolnshire local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Lincolnshire covers 393 schools and sits in the East Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Lincolnshire are eligible for free school meals?
28.9% — 30,788 of 106,526 pupils at the 361 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the East Midlands region.