Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School
Belgrave Road, Crewe, CW2 7NH
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of School
- Mrs Jane Booth
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 419
- URN
- 133352
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
About this school
Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School was a community primary school in Crewe. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 419 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 2007, 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 | 57 | 55 | 50 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 64% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 78% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 80% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 80% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 Gainsborough Primary and Nursery 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 | Cheshire East average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 61.9% | 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% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 390 |
| 2023/24 | 408 |
| 2024/25 | 419 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 5.3% | 28.7% | 419 | — |
| Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy | — | — | — | 417 | 0.0 miles |
| Vine Tree Primary School | 40% | 5.9% | 18.3% | 200 | 0.3 miles |
| Edleston Primary School | 62% | 4.8% | 25.5% | 209 | 0.3 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe | 48% | 6% | 19.6% | 558 | 0.3 miles |
| Wistaston Academy | 80% | 4.5% | 31.3% | 491 | 0.4 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)
- 28.68%
- English as an additional language
- 50.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.3%
- Persistent absence
- 13.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Crewe
-
Vine Tree Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Crewe
-
Edleston Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Crewe
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe0.3 miles
Primary · Crewe
-
Wistaston Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Crewe
Other schools in Crewe
- Audlem St James' CofE Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Betley CofE VC Primary School Primary
- Brierley Primary School Primary
- Edleston Primary School Primary
- Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy Primary
- Haslington Primary Academy Primary
- Hermitage Primary School Primary
- Holmes Chapel Primary School Primary
- Hungerford Primary Academy Primary
- Leighton Academy Primary
- Mablins Lane Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Crewe.
- Has Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Gainsborough Primary and Nursery 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 Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School?
- Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School had 419 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Gainsborough Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gainsborough Primary and Nursery 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 9 July 2025.