Surfleet Primary School, Spalding

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our school is a small and friendly primary school, sitting in the heart of our community. We provide a rounded education where every child is seen as an individual and their talents are nurtured. Our motto Work hard - Be kind - Achieve encapsulates our ethos and the high expectations that we have for all of our children."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care until 4:00pm, from £4.00 per session.

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Surfleet Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 53% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 71% in Lincolnshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 36% in reading and 45% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 3 families put Surfleet Primary School as their first choice and 23 named it as one of their preferences, for 3 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 Surfleet Primary School are Gosberton Academy (2 miles, Good, 90% reading, 90% maths); The Pinchbeck East Church of England Primary Academy (2.1 miles, Good, 66% reading, 71% maths); Weston St Mary Church of England Primary School (3.1 miles, Good, 50% reading, 67% maths); and St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, Spalding (3.2 miles, Good, 39% reading, 57% maths).

Surfleet Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Surfleet Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Keystone Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

35.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 13 pupils (23.2%) received SEN support and 5 (8.9%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Surfleet Primary School had 6 teachers in 2026, one for every 11 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

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

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Crescent (opposite), 180 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 10 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, criminal damage and arson and violence and sexual offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33).

In 2024/25, Surfleet Primary School issued 15 suspensions, 23.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.