Greenfields Academy
Great North Road, Grantham, NG31 7UX
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Andy Rush
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Community Inclusive Trust
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 82
- Pupils on roll
- 76
- URN
- 139316
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01476247400
About this school
Greenfields Academy is a special academy in Grantham. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 76 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 13% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 91.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 87.0 | 87.0 | 92.0 |
| Reading progress | - | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | - | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.51 -2.49 to -0.53 | -1.38 -2.51 to -0.25 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Greenfields Academy 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 | 0% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1 | 42.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 4.1 | 41.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 5.4 | 39.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 21.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 19.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 24.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78 |
| 2023/24 | 82 |
| 2024/25 | 82 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report25 June 2025
- 14 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 74.39%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 24.73%
- Persistent absence
- 56.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grantham Preparatory International School0.2 miles
Independent schools · Grantham
-
Newton Bridge Academy1.3 miles
Academies · Grantham
-
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham1.5 miles
Free Schools · Grantham
-
Esland Grantham School2.2 miles
Special schools · Grantham
-
The Place Independent School7.0 miles
Special schools
Other schools in Grantham
- Esland Grantham School Special schools
- Newton Bridge Academy Academies
- Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham Free Schools
- Wyndham Park Nursery School Nursery
- Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ancaster CofE Primary School Primary
- Barkston and Syston CofE Primary School Primary
- Barrowby Church of England Primary School Primary
- Belmont Community Primary School Primary
- Belton Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Buckminster Primary School Primary
- Bythams Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Greenfields Academy teach?
- Greenfields Academy teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Grantham.
- Who is the headteacher of Greenfields Academy?
- The headteacher of Greenfields Academy is Mr Andy Rush, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Greenfields Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Greenfields Academy, 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 Greenfields Academy?
- Greenfields Academy has 76 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Greenfields Academy full?
- Greenfields Academy has capacity for 82 pupils and 76 on roll (93%), 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 Greenfields Academy a faith school?
- No. Greenfields Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Greenfields Academy?
- Greenfields Academy is part of COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Greenfields Academy have?
- The schools register lists Greenfields Academy's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Greenfields Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Greenfields Academy's absence rate?
- Greenfields Academy's overall absence rate is 24.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Greenfields Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Greenfields Academy'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.