Digby the Tedder Primary School, Lincoln
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Digby the Tedder excels at caring for service children, helping them settle quickly and achieve well despite family changes. The school creates an exceptionally positive culture where pupils develop strong values and excellent behaviour - they are consistently kind, respectful and eager to contribute. Reading is a particular strength, with daily story time and pupil librarians helping children develop a genuine love of books.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding behaviour and attitudes with exemplary manners and pupils eager to do the right thing
- Excellent support for service children and families, including dedicated well-being programmes for those with deployed family members
- Strong reading programme with daily story time, pupil librarians, and pupils developing a genuine love of reading
- Good support for pupils with SEND, who are skilfully included in the same curriculum as their peers
- Well-designed, ambitious curriculum with good teacher subject knowledge and effective questioning
Areas for Improvement
- In some subjects and areas of early years learning, the curriculum does not clearly identify the most important knowledge pupils should remember, making it unclear what teachers should prioritise
- Assessment information is not used well enough in some subjects to identify curriculum strengths and weaknesses
- Inconsistent pupil recall of curriculum content in certain subjects
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with staff trained and responsive to protecting pupils.
Extracurricular Activities
Well-being champions, reading ambassadors, librarians, pupil librarians, Quad Squad (playground safety), Dandelion Group (support for children with deployed family members)
Digby the Tedder Primary School is a good school located on RAF Digby airbase that serves a large proportion of service children. The school has excellent behaviour and attitudes, with pupils showing strong values of resilience, aspiration, respect and cooperation.
At a Glance
8.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
24 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 94% to 77%. Maths has declined from 82% to 77%. Writing has declined from 88% to 77%.
Class Sizes
11.5
Avg class size
9.0
Infant (KS1)
14.0
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
59%
Available places
88 pupils
150 capacity
62 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Lincoln
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Lincoln
Admissions Demand - Lincolnshire
Places available
8,932
Applications
6,589
Got 1st preference
95.7%
Got preferred school
99.1%
Primary admissions across Lincolnshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(7)
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SEN Provision
How many pupils have special educational needs, what types of support the school provides, and how it compares to similar schools.
Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.83764%
Overall absence
5.20833%
Persistent absence
96
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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