Scotter Primary School
High Street, Scotter, Gainsborough, DN21 3RY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Tracy Cockram
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 247
- URN
- 120473
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01724762259
About this school
Scotter Primary School is a community primary school in Gainsborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 247 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Scotter Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 45 | 44 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 55% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 73% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 68% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 82% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.20 | - | - |
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 Scotter 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 | 40% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 277 |
| 2023/24 | 264 |
| 2024/25 | 249 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Scotter Primary School compares
Scotter Primary School ranked 115th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 4.5% | 15.3% | 247 | — |
| Messingham Primary School | 73% | 3.6% | 6.2% | 249 | 2.4 miles |
| Kirton Lindsey Primary Academy | — | — | — | 192 | 3.3 miles |
| Bottesford Junior School | 48% | 3.8% | 13.1% | 263 | 4.0 miles |
| Bottesford Infant School | — | 3.9% | 9.1% | 210 | 4.0 miles |
| Blyton Cum Laughton Church of England School | 53% | 5.7% | 40.8% | 122 | 4.1 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report10 February 2026
- 19 September 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.26%
- English as an additional language
- 2.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.54%
- Persistent absence
- 7.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Messingham Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Kirton Lindsey Primary Academy3.3 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
-
Bottesford Junior School4.0 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Bottesford Infant School4.0 miles
Primary · Scunthorpe
-
Blyton Cum Laughton Church of England School4.1 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
Other schools in Gainsborough
Scotter Primary School ranks 3rd of the 16 ranked primary schools in Gainsborough.
- Benjamin Adlard Primary School Primary
- Blyton Cum Laughton Church of England School Primary
- Castle Wood Academy Primary
- Corringham CofE VC Primary School Primary
- Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Hemswell Cliff Primary School Primary
- Kirton Lindsey Primary Academy Primary
- Mercer's Wood Academy Primary
- Morton Trentside Primary School Primary
- St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough Primary
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School Primary
- The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Scotter Primary School teach?
- Scotter Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Gainsborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Scotter Primary School?
- The headteacher of Scotter Primary School is Mrs Tracy Cockram, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Scotter Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Scotter Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Scotter Primary School?
- Scotter Primary School has 247 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Scotter Primary School full?
- Scotter Primary School has capacity for 270 pupils and 247 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Scotter Primary School a faith school?
- No. Scotter Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Scotter Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Scotter Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Scotter Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Scotter Primary School compare with other schools in Lincolnshire?
- Scotter Primary School ranked 115th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Scotter Primary School's absence rate?
- Scotter Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Scotter Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Scotter 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 30 June 2026.