The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School
Baines Road, Gainsborough, DN21 1TE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Simmonds
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 189
- URN
- 120492
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01427613812
About this school
The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School is a community primary school in Gainsborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 189 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 41% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 55% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 41% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% | 45% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.70 | - | - |
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 The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community 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 | 41% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 205 |
| 2024/25 | 201 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School compares
The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School ranked 147th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 5.8% | 54.2% | 189 | — |
| White's Wood Academy | 30% | 5.8% | 64.5% | 195 | 0.1 miles |
| The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy | — | 7% | 53.4% | 231 | 0.1 miles |
| St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough | 40% | 7.6% | 75% | 189 | 0.6 miles |
| Benjamin Adlard Primary School | 52% | 5.6% | 72.5% | 234 | 0.8 miles |
| The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School | 49% | 6.5% | 50% | 255 | 0.9 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)
- 54.23%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.75%
- Persistent absence
- 17.58%
Location
Nearby schools
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White's Wood Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
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The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
-
St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough0.6 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
-
Benjamin Adlard Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
-
The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
Other schools in Gainsborough
The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School ranks 4th 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
- Scotter Primary School Primary
- St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough Primary
- The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School teach?
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Gainsborough.
- Who is the headteacher of The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School is Mrs Louise Simmonds, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community 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 The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School?
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School has 189 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School full?
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 189 on roll (90%), 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 The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School compare with other schools in Lincolnshire?
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School ranked 147th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School's absence rate?
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community 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.