Gipsey Bridge Academy, Boston
Gipsey Bridge Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 5 to 11 in Boston, part of Infinity Academies Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in October 2014. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in June 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 19th-highest of the 23 schools in Boston with published results, and 13,208th of 14,452 across England. It was 90% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2014)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Lincolnshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Gipsey Bridge Academy in detail
Gipsey Bridge Academy in its own words
In its own words: "Our Vision Gipsey Bridge Academy is a place where children are supported, developed and inspired to break-down barriers, embrace challenge and reach their true potential as we live, learn and grow together. Resourceful We find creative solutions, adapt to challenges, and make the most of every opportunity."
From the headteacher's welcome: "We hope this site gives you a sense of what makes our school so special, while also providing up-to-date information for both parents and pupils. At Gipsey Bridge, our ethos is centred around living, learning, and growing together ."
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils at Gipsey Bridge Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 54% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 71% in Lincolnshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 35% in reading and 29% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Gipsey Bridge Academy
For September 2026 entry, 14 families put Gipsey Bridge Academy as their first choice and 23 named it as one of their preferences, for 15 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Gipsey Bridge Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Gipsey Bridge Academy are Frithville Primary School (2.2 miles, Good, 25% reading, 25% maths); West Fen Primary School (2.3 miles); New York Primary School (3 miles, Requires improvement); and Park Academy (4 miles, Good, 70% reading, 72% maths).
Gipsey Bridge Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.
Frithville Primary SchoolWest Fen Primary SchoolNew York Primary SchoolPark Academy
The trust
Gipsey Bridge Academy is one of 20 schools run by Infinity Academies Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
2.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 9 pupils (9.3%) received SEN support and 7 (7.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Staffing
Gipsey Bridge Academy had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Gipsey Bridge Academy.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Canister Lane (adjacent), 50 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 0 crimes within a mile of the school. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33).
Suspensions and exclusions
Gipsey Bridge Academy recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from October 2014, 12 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Gipsey Bridge is a warm and welcoming school with a family feel. Pupils behave very well and their learning is rarely interrupted. They say that pupils falling out with each other is rare. Pupils know they are cared for. They feel safe. They attend school well and are eager to learn.
The school is ambitious for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to learn well. The school provides pupils with a range of extra-curricular events and activities, including local sporting competitions and clubs for chess, art and Makaton. Pupils relish the leadership opportunities available, such as being a junior road safety officer or a reading buddy. Playtimes are happy and sociable times.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
Reading is prioritised. There is a consistent approach to the teaching of phonics using the school's 'read, react and explore' approach. Pupils' reading books are mostly well matched to the sounds that they know and are learning. This supports pupils to become expressive, fluent and confident readers. Pupils fondly recall a range of authors and books about historical figures and different countries. Pupils enjoy using the library and outdoor reading area where they can vote for their favourite books.
The school has designed a broad, ambitious and well-ordered curriculum for all pupils, including those with SEND. For example, the mathematics curriculum purposefully builds pupils' learning across the year and from one year to the next. Other subject curriculums, such as history and religious education (RE), identify the key knowledge pupils need to learn and when.
From Ofsted's June 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its October 2014 inspection - unchanged since its previous inspection.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
24.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 35% to 62% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 29% to 54% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 41% to 62% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
24.3
Avg class size
22.0
Infant (KS1)
26.5
KS2
4
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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Term dates
Gipsey Bridge Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Lincolnshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Gipsey Bridge Academy is in Lincolnshire; for families living there:
Apply to Lincolnshire for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Lincolnshire is 6 (the median across 401 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Your chances of a place at Gipsey Bridge Academy
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
90%
Near capacity
95 pupils
105 places
10 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Boston
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Boston
Across Lincolnshire council
Places available
8,940
Applications
6,453
Got 1st preference
96.3%
Got preferred school
99.7%
All primary applications across Lincolnshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(3)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
9
SEN Support
7
EHC Plans
16.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
97
Total Pupils
52
Boys
45
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
7
Teachers
13.9:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£51,732
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,858
Per pupil
£694k
Total funding
£20k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
3.7%
Overall absence
3.7%
Persistent absence
81
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Questions parents ask about Gipsey Bridge Academy
What are SATs results like at Gipsey Bridge Academy?
Of the pupils at Gipsey Bridge Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 62% reached the expected standard in reading and 54% did so in maths.
What is Gipsey Bridge Academy's Ofsted rating?
Gipsey Bridge Academy's most recent Ofsted inspection, in June 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in October 2014, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Gipsey Bridge Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Gipsey Bridge Academy is oversubscribed, Lincolnshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Gipsey Bridge Academy?
Gipsey Bridge Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 90% of its 105 places.
How big are the classes at Gipsey Bridge Academy?
Classes at Gipsey Bridge Academy average 24.3 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Gipsey Bridge Academy?
Gipsey Bridge Academy has around 97 pupils on roll. 25% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Gipsey Bridge Academy?
3.7% of sessions were missed at Gipsey Bridge Academy in 2024/25. 3.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Gipsey Bridge Academy?
Apply through Lincolnshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Gipsey Bridge Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Gipsey Bridge Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Lincolnshire is 6 (the median across 401 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Gipsey Bridge Academy?
Gipsey Bridge Academy is at Leagate Road, Gipsey Bridge, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 7BP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)