Buckminster Primary School
School Lane, Grantham, NG33 5RZ
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by Buckminster Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julia Orridge
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 51
- URN
- 119910
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
About this school
Buckminster Primary School was a community primary school in Grantham. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 51 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Buckminster Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 43% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 14% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 71% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 47% | 71% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 43% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 104.0 | - |
| Reading progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Buckminster Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 80 |
| 2023/24 | 51 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Buckminster Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.7% | 17.6% | 51 | — |
| Buckminster Primary School | — | 4.2% | 15.2% | 41 | 0.1 miles |
| Colsterworth Church of England Primary School | 59% | 3.5% | 15.4% | 159 | 3.1 miles |
| South Witham Academy | 35% | 6.7% | 35.4% | 90 | 3.3 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School Wymondham | 100% | 3.1% | 20.6% | 34 | 3.3 miles |
| Cottesmore Academy | 50% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 126 | 5.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.6%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.7%
- Persistent absence
- 6.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Buckminster Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Grantham
-
Colsterworth Church of England Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Grantham
-
South Witham Academy3.3 miles
Primary · Grantham
-
St Peter's Church of England Primary School Wymondham3.3 miles
Primary · Melton Mowbray
-
Cottesmore Academy5.0 miles
Primary · Oakham
Other schools in Grantham
- Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ancaster CofE Primary School Primary
- Barkston and Syston CofE Primary School Primary
- Barrowby Church of England Primary School Primary
- Belmont Community Primary School Primary
- Belton Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Buckminster Primary School Primary
- Bythams Primary School Primary
- Caythorpe Primary School Primary
- Cliffedale Primary School Primary
- Colsterworth Church of England Primary School Primary
- Corby Glen Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Buckminster Primary School teach?
- Buckminster Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Grantham.
- Has Buckminster Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Buckminster Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Buckminster Primary School?
- Buckminster Primary School had 51 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Buckminster Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Buckminster Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Buckminster Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 October 2024.