Billingborough Primary School
Victoria Street, Billingborough, Sleaford, NG34 0NX
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by Billingborough Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Tom Thorpe
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 164
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- URN
- 120371
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
About this school
Billingborough Primary School was a community primary school in Sleaford. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 121 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Billingborough Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 14 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 22% | 64% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 71% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 28% | 64% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 86% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
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 Billingborough 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 | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 22% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 134 |
| 2023/24 | 121 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Billingborough Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 50% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5.7% | 20.7% | 121 | — |
| Billingborough Primary School | — | 4.6% | 22.1% | 116 | 0.0 miles |
| Brown's Church of England Primary School | 63% | 4.8% | 38.3% | 52 | 0.5 miles |
| The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, Pointon | 56% | 5.6% | 39.7% | 69 | 1.6 miles |
| Osbournby Primary School | — | — | — | 61 | 3.8 miles |
| Helpringham Primary Academy | 60% | 5.3% | 34.9% | 83 | 4.0 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)
- 20.7%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.7%
- Persistent absence
- 15.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Billingborough Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Sleaford
-
Brown's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Sleaford
-
The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, Pointon1.6 miles
Primary · Sleaford
-
Osbournby Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Sleaford
-
Helpringham Primary Academy4.0 miles
Primary · Sleaford
Other schools in Sleaford
- Billingborough Primary School Primary
- Brown's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Church Lane Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Cranwell Primary School (Foundation) Primary
- Heckington St Andrew's Church of England School Primary
- Helpringham Primary Academy Primary
- Osbournby Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Rauceby Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ruskington Chestnut Street Church of England Academy Primary
- St Botolph's C of E Primary School Primary
- The Kirkby-la-Thorpe Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Billingborough Primary School teach?
- Billingborough Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Sleaford.
- Has Billingborough Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Billingborough 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 Billingborough Primary School?
- Billingborough Primary School had 121 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Billingborough Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 22% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Billingborough Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Billingborough 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.