The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School, Gainsborough
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at making children feel welcomed, cared for and safe in a nurturing environment. Teachers work closely with parents and families, going above and beyond to provide support. The school has particularly strong early years provision and is making good progress in reading, with excellent phonics instruction.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture with open communication and all legal requirements met
- Excellent early years provision with high-quality adult interactions and effective transition support
- Rigorous approach to behaviour management creating a positive, respectful school community
- Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, ensuring full inclusion in school life
- Good focus on reading instruction with increased phonics screening pass rates
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistent teaching quality across the wider curriculum beyond reading, writing and mathematics
- Pupils do not achieve well enough by end of key stage 2 in core subjects
- Some pupils with SEND have attendance concerns
- Teaching effectiveness varies across subjects with some areas not as strong as core subjects
- Pupils lack deep understanding of British values and some core school values
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met with an open and positive culture where all legal requirements are fulfilled, leaders establish high expectations, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Running club, choir, clubs, trips, residential visits
The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School provides a welcoming and caring environment where pupils feel safe and included. While the school has made good progress in curriculum design and early years provision, achievement in key stage 2 remains an area needing improvement.
At a Glance
49.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 61% to 67%. Maths has improved from 48% to 58%. Writing has improved from 57% to 62%.
Class Sizes
28.2
Avg class size
25.5
Infant (KS1)
29.6
KS2
10
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
81%
Available places
255 pupils
315 capacity
60 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Gainsborough
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Gainsborough
Admissions Demand - Lincolnshire
Places available
8,932
Applications
6,589
Got 1st preference
95.7%
Got preferred school
99.1%
Primary admissions across Lincolnshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(16)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.45462%
Overall absence
19.85294%
Persistent absence
272
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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