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Bowmandale Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 345Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117812URN

Bowmandale, Barton-upon-Humber, DN18 5EE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.6 below North Lincolnshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Lincolnshire

79 applications for 60 places · 36th of 37 in North Lincolnshire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
72%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 29 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 29 October 2024
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 29 March 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.3applications per place, Reception
0.6 below North Lincolnshire median (1.9) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

79 applications · 60 places offered · 63 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; North Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.5; North Lincolnshire median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.4; North Lincolnshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.8; North Lincolnshire median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.6; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.5; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
  7. 2020 1.8; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
  8. 2019 1.8; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.6; North Lincolnshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.5; North Lincolnshire median median 1.4
  11. 2016 1.6; North Lincolnshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.7; North Lincolnshire median median 1.4
  13. 2014 1.5; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
  • This school
  • North Lincolnshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202660791.3631.05
Sep 202543631.5420.98
Sep 202460841.4590.98
Sep 202331551.8311.00
Sep 202244721.6441.00
Sep 202148711.5481.00
Sep 202050881.8581.16
Sep 201950901.8621.24
Sep 201842671.6421.00
Sep 201750751.5551.10
Sep 201650781.6511.02
Sep 201541711.7411.00
Sep 201439601.5370.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 76% · Maths 78% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard72%18th of 52 in North Lincolnshire
Reading
Expected standard84%
Higher standard34%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard76%
Greater depth12%
Maths
Expected standard78%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • North Lincolnshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2572%8%106105
2023/2478%14%107108
2022/2371%12%106106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
117812 · 813/2568
Capacity
350 pupils · 345 on roll
Free school meals
21.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Bowmandale, Barton-upon-Humber, DN18 5EE
Local authority
North Lincolnshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources