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Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Voluntary controlledChurch of England/Methodist

Caistor, LN7 6LY · Lincolnshire local authority

Caistor’s School Grade B better than 56% of towns in England

Directions

Its letter

18%

of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results

Getting in

15/15

first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)

How full

189 pupils

90% of its 210 places

Free school meals

23%

23 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)

The gist

What stands out about Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School

Its own letter, C−: Key Stage 2 results better than 18% of England’s primary schools
50% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12 points below England’s schools
Ofsted: Good, March 2024 (shown, not graded)
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (15 of 15)
Homes in its postcode sector (LN7 6) sold for a median £240,000; Caistor’s is £215,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 50%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 18% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Lincolnshire avg 57%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 103 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading68%

England’s schools 77%

Writing (teacher assessed)73%

England’s schools 73%

Maths70%

England’s schools 75%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling66%

England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 13 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged

23%England 48.5%

Not disadvantaged

71%England 69.4%

Reached the higher standard in all three7%

England’s schools 8% · Lincolnshire 6% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

families put it first for September 2026

places offered

100%

of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)

First choices and places, by year of entry

20192020202120222023202420252026

Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Lincolnshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Lincolnshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Nettleton Community Primary

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Kelsey Primary

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Grasby All Saints CofE Primary

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Caistor and Lincolnshire, side by side

2023–2025

All 258 graded primaries in Lincolnshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Caistor’s schools are coloured by their letter.

ABCDElsewhere in LincolnshireCaistor CofE and Methodist Primary

Show as a table

School	Letter	Free school meals	KS2 expected standard
Denton CofE School	A⁺	11%	90%
The Hackthorn Church of England Primary School	A⁺	9%	85%
The St Margaret's Church of England School, Withern	A⁺	36%	85%
The Edward Richardson Primary School, Tetford	A⁺	15%	84%
The Tydd St Mary Church of England Primary School	A⁺	23%	84%
The Claypole Church of England Primary School	A⁺	15%	83%
Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School	A⁺	19%	83%
Witham St Hughs Academy	A	13%	82%
The Sibsey Free Primary School	A	16%	81%
Ling Moor Primary Academy	A	13%	81%
Barrowby Church of England Primary School	A	11%	80%
Wygate Park Academy	A	17%	80%
Digby the Tedder Primary School	A	8%	79%
The Morton Church of England (Controlled) Primary School	A	23%	79%
The Donington-on-Bain School	A	13%	78%
Grasby All Saints Church of England Primary School	A	15%	78%
Gosberton Academy	A	33%	78%
Reepham Church of England Primary School	A	7%	77%
Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary Academy	A	19%	77%
The Leasingham St Andrew's Church of England Primary School	A	19%	76%
Halton Holegate CofE Primary School	A	44%	76%
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School	A⁻	14%	74%
Long Bennington Church of England Academy	A⁻	14%	74%
Ingoldmells Academy	A⁻	72%	74%
Welton St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy	A⁻	18%	74%
The Marton Academy	A⁻	10%	74%
The St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Thorpe on the Hill	A⁻	9%	73%
Binbrook CofE Primary School	A⁻	49%	73%
St Andrew's CofE Primary School	A⁻	14%	73%
Kelsey Primary School	A⁻	18%	72%
Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy	A⁻	27%	72%
William Alvey School	A⁻	28%	72%
Waddington All Saints Academy	A⁻	14%	72%
Colsterworth Church of England Primary School	A⁻	17%	72%
Church Lane Primary School & Nursery	A⁻	41%	71%
Deeping St James Community Primary School	A⁻	18%	71%
Sutton St James Community Primary School	A⁻	26%	71%
Ingham Primary School	A⁻	14%	71%
Osgodby Primary School	A⁻	23%	71%
The St Faith and St Martin Church of England Junior School, Lincoln	A⁻	23%	71%
The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	A⁻	33%	71%
Grimoldby Primary School	A⁻	21%	71%
Lift Utterby	A⁻	22%	71%
North Scarle Primary School	B⁺	19%	70%
Morton Trentside Primary School	B⁺	31%	70%
Digby Church of England School	B⁺	37%	70%
Dunholme St Chad's Church of England Primary School	B⁺	16%	70%
Malcolm Sargent Primary School	B⁺	17%	70%
Wyberton Primary Academy	B⁺	33%	70%
Nocton Community Primary School	B⁺	41%	69%
Kirton Primary School	B⁺	35%	69%
Swinderby All Saints Church of England Primary School	B⁺	30%	69%
Bardney Church of England and Methodist Primary School	B⁺	33%	69%
Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School	B⁺	3%	69%
Lift North Thoresby	B⁺	18%	69%
Ingoldsby Academy	B⁺	19%	69%
Keelby Primary Academy	B⁺	27%	69%
Tetney Primary School	B⁺	20%	68%
Bourne Westfield Primary Academy	B⁺	14%	68%
Boston West Academy	B⁺	26%	68%
Hogsthorpe Primary Academy	B⁺	41%	68%
Lincoln Carlton Academy	B⁺	15%	68%
The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School	B	37%	67%
The Kirkby-on-Bain Church of England Primary School	B	27%	67%
Ruskington Chestnut Street Church of England Academy	B	35%	67%
Fishtoft Academy	B	43%	67%
Bassingham Primary School	B	14%	67%
St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, Willoughby	B	20%	67%
Pollyplatt Primary Academy	B	23%	67%
Walcott Primary School	B	38%	66%
Ancaster CofE Primary School	B	22%	66%
Thurlby Community Primary Academy	B	25%	66%
The Butterwick Pinchbeck's Endowed CofE Primary School	B	26%	65%
Heighington Millfield Primary Academy	B	12%	65%
Rauceby Church of England Primary School	B	21%	65%
Staniland Academy	B	43%	65%
Langtoft Primary School	B⁻	13%	64%
Cliffedale Primary School	B⁻	18%	64%
Deeping St Nicholas Primary School	B⁻	26%	64%
The John Harrox Primary School, Moulton	B⁻	21%	64%
The Middle Rasen Primary School	B⁻	15%	64%
Newton-on-Trent CofE Primary School	B⁻	8%	64%
Barkston and Syston CofE Primary School	B⁻	15%	64%
William Hildyard Church of England Primary and Nursery School	B⁻	20%	64%
Tower Road Academy	B⁻	18%	64%
Beacon Primary Academy	B⁻	34%	64%
The Edenham Church of England School	B⁻	19%	64%
The South Hykeham Community Primary School	B⁻	15%	63%
Belton Lane Community Primary School	B⁻	43%	63%
Alford Primary School	B⁻	45%	63%
Wragby Primary School	B⁻	28%	63%
Navenby Church of England Primary School	B⁻	10%	63%
Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School	B⁻	23%	63%
North Somercotes CofE Primary School	B⁻	40%	63%
Clough and Risegate Community Primary School	B⁻	20%	62%
St Anne's Church of England Primary School, Grantham	B⁻	26%	62%
Branston Junior Academy	B⁻	21%	62%
Stamford St Gilberts Church of England Primary School	B⁻	15%	62%
Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy	B⁻	23%	62%
Monkshouse Primary Academy	B⁻	18%	62%
Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary School	B⁻	32%	62%
Great Steeping Primary School	B⁻	31%	61%
The Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary School	B⁻	25%	61%
Corringham CofE VC Primary School	B⁻	24%	61%
The Market Rasen Church of England Primary School	B⁻	33%	61%
Saxilby Church of England Primary School	B⁻	20%	61%
Holton-le-Clay Junior School	C⁺	29%	60%
Baston CE Primary School	C⁺	12%	60%
The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School	C⁺	28%	60%
The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, Pointon	C⁺	36%	60%
St Botolph's C of E Primary School	C⁺	19%	60%
The Lincoln Manor Leas Junior School	C⁺	26%	60%
Manor Farm Academy	C⁺	8%	60%
St Thomas CofE Primary Academy	C⁺	28%	60%
Friskney All Saints Church of England Primary School	C⁺	54%	60%
Eagle Community Primary School	C⁺	23%	59%
The Potterhanworth Church of England Primary School	C⁺	9%	59%
The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby	C⁺	24%	59%
The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England School	C⁺	13%	59%
Benjamin Adlard Primary School	C⁺	63%	59%
St Hugh's Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy	C⁺	28%	59%
Brown's Church of England Primary School	C⁺	37%	59%
Linchfield Academy	C⁺	24%	59%
Hawthorn Tree School	C⁺	35%	58%
Normanby Primary School	C⁺	14%	58%
Weston Hills CofE Primary School	C⁺	25%	58%
The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School	C⁺	15%	58%
Cranwell Primary School (Foundation)	C⁺	11%	58%
Cherry Willingham Primary Academy	C⁺	22%	58%
Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston	C⁺	16%	58%
Market Deeping Community Primary School	C	31%	57%
Nettleton Community Primary School	C	23%	57%
Tattershall Primary School	C	29%	57%
The Harlaxton Church of England Primary School	C	22%	57%
Heckington St Andrew's Church of England School	C	29%	57%
The North Hykeham All Saints Church of England Primary School	C	20%	57%
The Ropsley Church of England Primary School	C	16%	57%
Westgate Academy	C	37%	57%
The Kirkby-la-Thorpe Church of England Primary School	C	20%	57%
Whaplode Church of England Primary School	C	37%	57%
Hartsholme Academy	C	45%	57%
Spalding Parish Church of England Day School	C	30%	57%
Scampton Church of England Primary School	C	20%	56%
The Meadows Primary School	C	28%	56%
Carlton Road Academy	C	42%	56%
Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School A Voluntary Academy	C	49%	56%
Holbeach Primary Academy	C	38%	56%
The Bluecoat School	C	49%	56%
Horncastle Primary School	C	40%	56%
Fosse Way Academy	C	24%	55%
Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary Academy	C	16%	55%
Skegness Junior Academy	C	69%	55%
St Augustine's Catholic Voluntary Academy	C	46%	55%
The Isaac Newton Primary School	C	50%	55%
Seathorne Primary Academy	C	49%	55%
The Pinchbeck East Church of England Primary Academy	C	29%	55%
Old Leake Primary Academy	C	45%	55%
South View Community Primary School	C	22%	54%
Lincoln Monks Abbey Primary School	C	36%	54%
Willoughton Primary School	C	33%	54%
Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary School	C	48%	54%
Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary School	C	25%	54%
Skellingthorpe the Holt Primary School	C⁻	21%	53%
The Billinghay Church of England Primary School	C⁻	32%	53%
The Uffington Church of England Primary School	C⁻	12%	53%
North Cockerington Church of England Primary School	C⁻	23%	53%
Washingborough Academy	C⁻	20%	53%
Huttoft Primary & Nursery School	C⁻	34%	53%
Scotter Primary School	C⁻	13%	52%
Toynton All Saints Primary School	C⁻	19%	52%
Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington	C⁻	31%	52%
The Welbourn Church of England Primary School	C⁻	30%	52%
Fiskerton Church of England Primary School	C⁻	32%	52%
Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School	C⁻	38%	52%
Boston Pioneers Free School Academy	C⁻	41%	52%
St Nicholas CE Primary Academy	C⁻	42%	52%
Lincoln Birchwood Junior School	C⁻	60%	51%
Blyton Cum Laughton Church of England School	C⁻	37%	51%
Kidgate Academy	C⁻	32%	51%
Huntingtower Community Primary Academy	C⁻	38%	51%
The Metheringham Primary School	C⁻	22%	50%
Grainthorpe Junior School	C⁻	43%	50%
The Holbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary School	C⁻	44%	50%
The North Cotes Church of England Primary School	C⁻	35%	50%
Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School	C⁻	23%	50%
South Witham Academy	C⁻	45%	50%
Caythorpe Primary School	C⁻	23%	50%
Lacey Gardens Junior Academy	C⁻	64%	50%
Billingborough Primary School	C⁻	17%	50%
Fleet Wood Lane School	C⁻	29%	49%
Leslie Manser Primary School	C⁻	43%	49%
Spilsby Primary School	C⁻	41%	49%
Tattershall Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School	C⁻	26%	49%
Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary School	C⁻	29%	49%
Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy	C⁻	28%	49%
Sturton by Stow Primary School	C⁻	21%	48%
Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary School	C⁻	13%	48%
The Mareham-le-Fen Church of England Primary School	C⁻	26%	48%
The Nettleham Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School	C⁻	14%	48%
The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School	C⁻	62%	48%
Gedney Drove End Primary School	D	49%	47%
The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School	D	51%	47%
Park Academy	D	34%	47%
Waddington Redwood Primary Academy	D	20%	47%
Ermine Primary Academy	D	58%	47%
The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School	D	50%	46%
Long Sutton County Primary School	D	27%	46%
Spalding Primary Academy	D	20%	46%
Helpringham Primary Academy	D	36%	46%
The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy	D	26%	46%
Tealby School	D	15%	45%
St Bartholomews CofE Primary School	D	37%	45%
The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School	D	38%	45%
St Michael's Church of England School, Louth	D	37%	45%
Castle Wood Academy	D	35%	45%
Wrangle Primary Academy	D	43%	45%
Shepeau Stow Primary School	D	31%	44%
Great Ponton Church of England School	D	40%	44%
St George's Church of England Aided Primary School	D	48%	44%
St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough	D	72%	44%
Mablethorpe Primary Academy	D	52%	44%
Surfleet Primary School	D	36%	44%
Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary School	D	20%	43%
The Priory Witham Academy	D	49%	43%
Scamblesby Church of England Primary School	D	41%	42%
The Lincoln Bishop King Church of England Primary School	D	29%	42%
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy	D	27%	42%
Coleby Church of England Primary Academy	D	26%	42%
Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School	D	29%	41%
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	D	49%	40%
Theddlethorpe Academy	D	47%	40%
West Grantham Church of England Primary Academy	D	63%	40%
Moulton Chapel Primary School	D	41%	39%
Gipsey Bridge Academy	D	25%	39%
White's Wood Academy	D	65%	39%
Chapel St Leonards Primary School	D	53%	39%
St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, Spalding	D	54%	39%
Faldingworth Community Primary School	D⁻	35%	38%
Legsby Primary School	D⁻	35%	38%
Bythams Primary School	D⁻	35%	38%
Stickney Church of England Primary School	D⁻	33%	38%
Belmont Community Primary School	D⁻	43%	36%
Leadenham Church of England Academy	D⁻	54%	36%
East Wold Church of England Primary School	D⁻	17%	35%
St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School	D⁻	32%	35%
Mercer's Wood Academy	D⁻	76%	34%
St Giles Academy	D⁻	59%	33%
Sutton-on-Sea Community Primary School	D⁻	66%	32%
Waddingham Primary School	D⁻	9%	32%
Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School	D⁻	56%	32%
Bucknall Primary School	D⁻	37%	29%
The New Leake Primary School	D⁻	50%	26%
The Gedney Hill Church of England VC Primary School	D⁻	33%	23%
Osbournby Primary School	D⁻	21%	23%
Holbeach Bank Primary Academy	D⁻	48%	22%
Hemswell Cliff Primary School	D⁻	64%	21%
Partney Church of England Aided Primary School	D⁻	37%	19%
Corby Glen Community Primary School	D⁻	32%	7%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

209 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support

18.7%England 15.3%

EHC plan

2.4%England 3.6%

English as an additional language

5.3%England 18.8%

Free school meals in the last 6 years

23.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%

Its letter

Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths C⁻Better than 18% of 15,230 schools

How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A⁺ 95+A 85–94A⁻ 75–84B⁺ 65–74B 55–64B⁻ 45–54C⁺ 35–44C 25–34C⁻ 15–24D 5–14D⁻ 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in LN7 6, the school’s postcode sector

Caistor property prices →

£240,000

median sale, 241 sales in 36 months · Caistor £215,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

LN7 6Caistor

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached

£293K

Semi-detached

£190K

Terraced

£150K

LN7 6Caistor

Homes in LN7 6 sell for a little over Caistor’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

3 state schools

ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Location

Directions ↗

Caistor, LN7 6LY

Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School: common questions

Is Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 18% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C−), with 50% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, March 2024.

How hard is it to get into Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School?

For September 2026, 15 families put Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 15 places were offered in all.

What is Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2024).

How much do houses cost near Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, LN7 6, sold for a median £240,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (241 sales).

Official recordDfE register (GIAS) ↗DfE performance tables ↗Ofsted reports ↗School website ↗URN 120590

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Caistor’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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