The St Francis Special School, Lincoln

State-Funded School

the-st-francis-special-school-lincoln-lincolnshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LincolnshireLocal Authority

LincolnConstituency

LN1 3TJPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The St Francis Special School, Lincoln is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 175 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

14%

Pupils

175

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 175
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 3 November 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
5 Jul 2011	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.