Special school in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Fortuna School
Kingsdown Road, Doddington Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0FB
Ofsted
Remained Outstanding at its last ungraded inspection, on 20 September 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Exam results
Special schools serve pupils whose needs the standard measures were not designed to describe, so results are not shown or ranked here.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 80
- Places
- 80
- How full
- Full — 80 pupils against 80 places
- Girls / boys
- 12 / 68
- Overall absence
- 8%
- Persistently absent
- 24%
England 5.8%
England 14.7% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 84%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- With an EHC plan
- 99%
- On SEN support
- 1%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Lincoln 007F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 29%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 19%
- Households owning their home
- 70%
- Households in social housing
- 9%
- Households with no car
- 16%
- Adults economically inactive
- 37%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Community special school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Hannah Keegan
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Ward
- Birchwood
- Constituency
- Lincoln
- URN
- 134229
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest special schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lincoln St Christopher's SchoolCommunity special school | No grade | — | 2 mi |
| Athena SchoolCommunity special school | No grade | — | 3 mi |
| The St Francis Special School, LincolnCommunity special school | Outstanding 2022 | — | 3.9 mi |
| Kisimul SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 5.3 mi |
| Witham Prospect SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 6.9 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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