Osbournby Primary School
London Road, Osbournby, Sleaford, NG34 0DG
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Osbournby Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Heather Bide
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 61
- URN
- 120386
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
About this school
Osbournby Primary School was a community primary school in Sleaford. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 61 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Osbournby 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 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 30% | 25% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 38% | 70% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 31% | 60% | 38% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 38% | 40% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.60 | - | - |
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 Osbournby 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 | 15% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 30% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 25% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 81 |
| 2023/24 | 72 |
| 2024/25 | 61 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Osbournby Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 25% | 3.8% | 18% | 61 | — |
| Osbournby Primary School | — | — | — | 61 | 0.0 miles |
| Brown's Church of England Primary School | 63% | 4.8% | 38.3% | 52 | 3.8 miles |
| Billingborough Primary School | — | 4.6% | 22.1% | 116 | 3.8 miles |
| Helpringham Primary Academy | 60% | 5.3% | 34.9% | 83 | 4.4 miles |
| St Botolph's C of E Primary School | 63% | 3.9% | 18.6% | 402 | 4.4 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.03%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.83%
- Persistent absence
- 8.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Osbournby Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Sleaford
-
Brown's Church of England Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Sleaford
-
Billingborough Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Sleaford
-
Helpringham Primary Academy4.4 miles
Primary · Sleaford
-
St Botolph's C of E Primary School4.4 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 year groups does Osbournby Primary School teach?
- Osbournby Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Sleaford.
- Has Osbournby Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Osbournby 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 big is Osbournby Primary School?
- Osbournby Primary School had 61 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Osbournby Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 15% in 2022/23 and 25% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Osbournby Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Osbournby 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 8 July 2025.