Mount Street Academy
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Mount Street Academy is a converter academy in Lincoln for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 294 pupils and room for 332. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 52 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 48% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.
Mount Street, Lincoln, LN1 3JG01522 527339mountstreet.anthemtrust.ukMrs Rachael Horn executive headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 19 November 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (59 offers for 90 places).
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (25), emotional and mental health (16), Moderate learning difficulty (12), Autistic spectrum disorder (6), Vision impairment (2), Hearing impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 294 | 320 | 318 | 304 | 315 | 321 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 21% | 25% | 33% | 34% | 28% | 30% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 31% | 16% | 12% | 14% | 18% | 16% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 18% | 21% | 14% | 11% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.7% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 7.4% | 3.9% | 4.9% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.8% | 5.7% | 6.5% | 5.5% | 2.9% | 3.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 16.8% | 27.0% | 27.3% | 24.3% | 13.2% | 16.6% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westgate Academy | Academy | 510 m | 428 | Report card 2026 | 35 | Compare |
| The St Faith and St Martin Church of England Junior School, Lincoln | Church of England | 770 m | 356 | Good 2020 | 86 | Compare |
| The St Faith's Church of England Infant and Nursery School, Lincoln | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 282 | Good 2023 | 28 | Compare |
| The Lincoln St Peter-In-Eastgate Church of England Infants Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 79 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School A Voluntary Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 196 | Good 2023 | 28 | Compare |
| Ermine Primary Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 400 | Good 2024 | 29 | Compare |
| Lincoln Monks Abbey Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 588 | No overall grade 2024 | 40 | Compare |
| St Giles Academy | Academy | 1.2 miles | 371 | Report card 2026 | 2 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Mount Street Academy with the 48 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 52 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 52% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 26 to 77. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | above | +0.29 | Ofsted grade, 1.8 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | below | -0.18 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | below | -0.10 | 2024/25; 191 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Mount Street Academy a good school?
It is about average. Mount Street Academy scores 52 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 48% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 26 to 77, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.
What is Mount Street Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mount Street Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 19 November 2024.
How many pupils does Mount Street Academy have?
294 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 332 places, so it is 89% full.
Is Mount Street Academy oversubscribed?
Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.
What is attendance like at Mount Street Academy?
Pupils were in school 94.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 17% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Mount Street Academy?
The average class had 24.5 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 8% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Mount Street, Lincoln, LN1 3JG
- Telephone
- 01522 527339
- Website
- www.mountstreet.anthemtrust.uk
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Horn
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Anthem Schools Trust (15 schools)
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Lincoln
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 October 2011 (academy converter)
- URN
- 137551 · LAESTAB 9255227 · UKPRN 10035493
- Formerly
- Mount Street Infant and Nursery School
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Lincolnshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- 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.