# Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School

Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School is a primary school in Lincoln, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 562 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E120427. [Lincoln](https://openindex.co.uk/lincoln)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 562
- Council: Lincoln
- URN: 120427

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 8 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Requires improvement
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
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, 47% of pupils at Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Lincolnshire and 62% in England.
3% 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 | 47% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 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.

- [St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peter-and-st-paul-catholic-voluntary-academy-e139623): 740 m. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-lincoln-st-peter-at-gowts-church-of-england-primary-school-e120563): 1.1 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), January 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Priory City of Lincoln Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-priory-city-of-lincoln-academy-e135564): 1.1 km. Secondary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 37.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The Priory Academy LSST](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-priory-academy-lsst-e135565): 1.3 km. Secondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 52.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Athena School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/athena-school-e131277): 1.4 km. Special. Standards maintained, February 2025
- [Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bracebridge-infant-and-nursery-school-e139142): 1.5 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2023

## 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/120427)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/120427)

## How to cite

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