Acorn Free School
Acorn Free School is a free schools alternative provision in Lincoln for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 1 pupils and room for 50. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
248 Calder Road, Brant Road, Lincoln, LN5 9TL01522 822428theacornschool.co.ukAngela Dawson headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Lincolnshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | – | 33% | 0% | 0% | – |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 33% | 67% | 100% | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Meadows Primary School | Council | 420 m | 342 | Good 2023 | 37 | Compare |
| The Lincoln Manor Leas Infants School | Academy | 810 m | 148 | Good 2022 | 50 | Compare |
| The Lincoln Manor Leas Junior School | Academy | 810 m | 270 | Good 2022 | 35 | Compare |
| Waddington Redwood Primary Academy | Academy | 830 m | 278 | Good 2023 | 18 | Compare |
| The Lincoln St Christopher's School | Council | 0.7 miles | 327 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Fosse Way Academy | Academy | 1.0 miles | 531 | Good 2023 | 48 | Compare |
| Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 358 | Good 2023 | 25 | Compare |
| The Priory Witham Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 1,068 | Good 2023 | 23 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Acorn Free School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Acorn Free School yet.
How many pupils does Acorn Free School have?
1 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 50 places, so it is 2% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 248 Calder Road, Brant Road, Lincoln, LN5 9TL
- Telephone
- 01522 822428
- Website
- www.theacornschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Angela Dawson
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Single-academy trust
- The Acorn Ebs Free School Ltd. (1 schools)
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Ward
- Witham
- Constituency
- Lincoln
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2 September 2013 (new provision)
- URN
- 139774 · LAESTAB 9251106 · UKPRN 10042062
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.