Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Lincolnshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 24 March 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 16 May 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 11 March 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry52 applications · 25 places offered · 25 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2017 2.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
- 2015 1.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- This school
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 25 | 52 | 2.1 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 46 | 2.1 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 50 | 1.7 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 33 | 61 | 1.9 | 33 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 43 | 69 | 1.6 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 42 | 82 | 2.0 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 37 | 65 | 1.8 | 36 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 45 | 91 | 2.0 | 46 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 45 | 88 | 2.0 | 53 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 | 45 | 79 | 1.8 | 37 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 | 45 | 82 | 1.8 | 43 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 45 | 87 | 1.9 | 48 | 1.07 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 62% · Maths 58% → all three 49% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lincolnshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 49% | 0% | 102 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 0% | 102 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 43% | 0% | 101 | 98 |
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
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · LincolnshireGood20222.4applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · LincolnshireGood20241.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · LincolnshireGood202230%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place
- 1.4 km · LincolnshireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Lincolnshire20261.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · LincolnshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · LincolnshireGood20231.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138640 · 925/3354
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 255 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School (URN 120621)
- Address
- Acland Street, Gainsborough, DN21 2LN
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire · West Lindsey
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources