Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Leicestershire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry9 applications · 6 places offered · 6 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Leicestershire median median 2.7
- 2025 1.3; Leicestershire median median 2.8
- 2024 1.2; Leicestershire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2023 1.2; Leicestershire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2022 2.3; Leicestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.3; Leicestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Leicestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Leicestershire median
Dashed bars: as Buckminster Primary School (URN 119910), the previous school.
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 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 * | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 * | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 12 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 * | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Leicestershire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Buckminster Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20231.5applications per place
- 5.1 km · LincolnshireGood20231.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · LincolnshireGood20232.0applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · LeicestershireStandards maintained20242.5applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
- 8.0 km · RutlandGood20221.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 8.4 km · LeicestershireStandards maintained20255.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 8.7 km · RutlandRemains Good20232.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 8.7 km · LeicestershireGood20232.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 9.2 km · LincolnshireGood20237.0applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 150511 · 855/2050
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 41 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2024
- Replaced
- Buckminster Primary School (URN 119910)
- Address
- School Lane, Buckminster, Buckminster Primary School, Grantham, NG33 5RZ
- Local authority
- Leicestershire · Melton
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources