# Mercer's Wood Academy

Mercer's Wood Academy is a primary school in West Lindsey, for pupils aged 5 to 11.

It had 157 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E139332. [West Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 5 to 11
- Pupils: 157
- Council: West Lindsey
- URN: 139332

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), September 2022
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 13 September 2022
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 29% of pupils at Mercer's Wood Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Lincolnshire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Lincolnshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [The Gainsborough Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-gainsborough-nursery-school-e126563): 270 m. Nursery. Good (overall), May 2024
- [The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-queen-elizabeths-high-school-gainsborough-e120655): 570 m. Secondary. Good (overall), December 2023. Attainment 8 of 62.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Castles Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castles-education-e147170): 600 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Illuminate You](https://openindex.co.uk/school/illuminate-you-e152477): 700 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-gainsborough-parish-church-primary-school-e138640): 740 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Handel House Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/handel-house-preparatory-school-e120733): 880 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/139332)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139332)

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