White's Wood Academy
Whites Wood Lane, Gainsborough, DN21 1TJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TALL OAKS ACADEMY TRUST LTD
- Executive Headteacher
- Miss Bethan White
- Sponsor
- Tall Oaks Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 195
- URN
- 139361
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01427613097
About this school
White's Wood Academy is a primary academy in Gainsborough. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 195 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected White's Wood Academy, 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
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
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 49 | 59 | 50 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 36% | 30% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 56% | 44% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 49% | 44% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 49% | 40% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 98.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - | - |
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 White's Wood 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 | 51% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 36% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 30% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 203 |
| 2023/24 | 206 |
| 2024/25 | 203 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How White's Wood Academy compares
White's Wood Academy ranked 238th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% 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 | 30% | 5.8% | 64.5% | 195 | — |
| The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School | 57% | 5.8% | 54.2% | 189 | 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 |
| The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School | 49% | 6.5% | 50% | 255 | 0.8 miles |
| Benjamin Adlard Primary School | 52% | 5.6% | 72.5% | 234 | 0.8 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)
- 64.53%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.76%
- Persistent absence
- 18.42%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
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The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
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St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough0.6 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
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The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
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Benjamin Adlard Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Gainsborough
Other schools in Gainsborough
White's Wood Academy ranks 14th 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 ages does White's Wood Academy teach?
- White's Wood Academy teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Gainsborough.
- Who is the executive headteacher of White's Wood Academy?
- The executive headteacher of White's Wood Academy is Miss Bethan White, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has White's Wood Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected White's Wood 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 many pupils are at White's Wood Academy?
- White's Wood Academy has 195 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is White's Wood Academy full?
- White's Wood Academy has capacity for 240 pupils and 195 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 White's Wood Academy a faith school?
- No. White's Wood Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does White's Wood Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records White's Wood Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Is White's Wood Academy part of an academy trust?
- White's Wood Academy is part of TALL OAKS ACADEMY TRUST LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have White's Wood Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 30% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does White's Wood Academy compare with other schools in Lincolnshire?
- White's Wood Academy ranked 238th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% 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 White's Wood Academy's absence rate?
- White's Wood Academy's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are White's Wood Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, White's Wood 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.