Chapel St Leonards Primary School, Skegness

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils at Chapel St Leonards Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 50% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 71% in Lincolnshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 72% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put Chapel St Leonards Primary School as their first choice and 23 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Chapel St Leonards Primary School are Hogsthorpe Primary Academy (1.3 miles, Good, 93% reading, 93% maths); Ingoldmells Academy (1.9 miles, Good, 80% reading, 93% maths); Huttoft Primary & Nursery School (3.8 miles, Requires improvement, 70% reading, 73% maths); and Seathorne Primary Academy (4.2 miles, Good, 73% reading, 76% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Chapel St Leonards Primary School.

Chapel St Leonards Primary School is one of 19 schools run by Community Inclusive Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

52.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 18 pupils (16.8%) received SEN support and 8 (7.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Chapel St Leonards Primary School.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tylers Close (opposite), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Chapel St Leonards Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 72 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Chapel St Leonards Primary School issued 26 suspensions, 19.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.