The St Margaret's Church of England School, Withern
Voluntary controlled school · Alford · LN13 0NB
Ages 4–11 · 75 pupils · Lincolnshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
86%
Overall absence
4.8%
Admissions demand
1.40 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-05-19
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 63
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.40 · Competitive
1st preferences
14
Places offered
10
1st-preference offers
10
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 19
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 10
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
75 pupils · 70 places
- Pupils on roll
- 75
- Boys / girls
- 35 / 40
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 75 / 70 (107%)
- Free school meals
- 36%
- FSM pupils
- 27
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lincoln
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Miss Karen Robinson
Location
- Address
- Main Road, Withern
- Postcode
- LN13 0NB
- Town
- Alford
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- District
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Alford, Lincolnshire, 75 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 36%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Lincoln.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Karen Robinson
- Telephone
- 01507450375