The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School
Acland Street, Gainsborough, DN21 2LN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- LINCOLN ANGLICAN ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Theresa Peacock
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lincoln
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Lincoln
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 255
- URN
- 138640
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01427612554
About this school
The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School is a Church of England primary academy in Gainsborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 255 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Needs attention
- 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 | 40 | 44 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 45% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 61% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 48% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 64% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 99.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.30 | - | - |
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 The Gainsborough Parish Church 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 | 43% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 298 |
| 2023/24 | 294 |
| 2024/25 | 282 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School compares
The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School ranked 194th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 6.5% | 50% | 255 | — |
| Mercer's Wood Academy | 29% | 9.3% | 74.6% | 157 | 0.5 miles |
| Castle Wood Academy | 40% | 4.8% | 36.1% | 272 | 0.6 miles |
| White's Wood Academy | 30% | 5.8% | 64.5% | 195 | 0.8 miles |
| The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy | — | 7% | 53.4% | 231 | 0.8 miles |
| The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School | 57% | 5.8% | 54.2% | 189 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 16%
- Overall absence
- 6.45%
- Persistent absence
- 19.85%
Location
Nearby schools
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Mercer's Wood Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
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Castle Wood Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
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White's Wood Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
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The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
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The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
Other schools in Gainsborough
The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School ranks 11th 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 Charles Baines Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School teach?
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Gainsborough.
- Who is the headteacher of The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School?
- The headteacher of The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School is Miss Theresa Peacock, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Gainsborough Parish Church 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 big is The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School?
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School has 255 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School full?
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 255 on roll (81%), 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 Parish Church Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Lincoln.
- Does The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School?
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School is part of LINCOLN ANGLICAN ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School have?
- The schools register lists The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 49% 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 Parish Church Primary School rank locally?
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School ranked 194th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% 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 Parish Church Primary School's absence rate?
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Gainsborough Parish Church 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 1 July 2026.