Schools in North Lincolnshire
90 schools in the North Lincolnshire local authority.
Schools
90
Open schools
Pupils
23,998
2025–26 census
Good or better
84%
61 of 73 graded
Academic Performance
4.7
out of 10 · 78 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 3 4%
- Good
- 58 79%
- Requires improvement
- 10 14%
- Inadequate
- 2 3%
4 inspected since 2024, no overall grade2 superseded by a report card13 not judged1 in a category of concern
4.7
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 78 of 90 schools that can be scored
Pupils
23,998
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
87%Asian
5%Black
2%Mixed
2%Chinese
<1%Any other group
2%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 80 of 90 schools (23,542 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 30.3%
- First language not English
- 14.7%
- Young carers
- <1%
7,128 of 23,542 pupils · 80 of 90 schools
3,467 of 23,542 pupils · 80 of 90 schools
80 of 23,542 pupils · 80 of 90 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 62
- Secondary
- 14
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 7
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 5
Top primary schools in North Lincolnshire
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Winteringham Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Holme Valley Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary9.0/10
- 3.St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg)North Lincolnshire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 4.South Ferriby Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary8.8/10Good
- 5.Bowmandale Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary8.6/10
- 6.Epworth Primary AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Primary8.4/10Good
- 7.Oakfield Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary8.3/10Good
- 8.Killingholme Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary8.0/10Good
- 9.Westwoodside Church of England AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Primary7.7/10Good
- 10.Wrawby St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary7.7/10Good
- 11.Brigg Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary7.5/10Good
- 12.St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Primary7.5/10Good
- 13.St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Primary7.3/10Good
- 14.Winterton Junior SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary7.3/10Good
- 15.Goxhill Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary7.2/10
- 16.Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary6.7/10
- 17.Luddington & Garthorpe PrimaryNorth Lincolnshire · Primary6.7/10Good
- 18.Bottesford Junior SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary6.5/10Good
- 19.Althorpe and Keadby Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary6.4/10Good
- 20.Lincoln Gardens Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary6.4/10Good
Top secondary schools in North Lincolnshire
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Outwood Academy FoxhillsNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary9.1/10Outstanding
- 2.South Axholme AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 3.The Vale AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 4.St Bede's Catholic Voluntary AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 5.Sir John Nelthorpe SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary6.0/10Good
- 6.Outwood Academy BrumbyNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary5.6/10Good
- 7.Winterton Community AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary4.0/10
- 8.Melior Community AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary3.7/10Good
- 9.Frederick Gough SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary3.0/10Good
- 10.Baysgarth SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary2.7/10Good
- 11.The Axholme AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary2.2/10Good
- 12.Engineering UTC Northern LincolnshireNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary1.6/10Good
- 13.The St Lawrence AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
- 14.Kirton AcademyNorth Lincolnshire · Secondary0.1/10Inadequate
Browse all 90 schools in North Lincolnshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in North Lincolnshire
- How many schools are there in North Lincolnshire?
- North Lincolnshire has 90 open schools — 62 primary, 14 secondary, 7 special, teaching 23,998 pupils in total.
- How many schools in North Lincolnshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 61 of the 73 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 84% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 3 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 90: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in North Lincolnshire?
- 4.7 out of 10, averaged across the 78 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 North Lincolnshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 17 schools in North 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 North 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. North Lincolnshire covers 90 schools and sits in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in North Lincolnshire are eligible for free school meals?
- 30.3% — 7,128 of 23,542 pupils at the 80 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 Yorkshire and The Humber region.