Huntingtower Community Primary Academy
Huntingtower Road, Grantham, NG31 7AU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES
- Headteacher
- Emma Harkins
- Sponsor
- The Priory Federation of Academies
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 417
- URN
- 139618
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01476564291
About this school
Huntingtower Community Primary Academy is a primary academy in Grantham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 417 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
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
- Strong 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 | 59 | 58 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 50% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 71% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 71% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 81% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
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 Huntingtower Community Primary 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 | 50% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 418 |
| 2023/24 | 416 |
| 2024/25 | 417 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Huntingtower Community Primary Academy compares
Huntingtower Community Primary Academy ranked 168th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 4.1% | 39.1% | 417 | — |
| The Isaac Newton Primary School | 42% | 5.4% | 54.7% | 365 | 0.4 miles |
| St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School | 42% | 6.7% | 37.5% | 118 | 0.6 miles |
| St Anne's Church of England Primary School, Grantham | 60% | 4.4% | 28.7% | 208 | 0.7 miles |
| West Grantham Church of England Primary Academy | 41% | 6.7% | 66.8% | 208 | 0.8 miles |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 66% | 5.2% | 26.5% | 183 | 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
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 9 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.09%
- English as an additional language
- 23.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.1%
- Persistent absence
- 8.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Isaac Newton Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Grantham
-
St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Grantham
-
St Anne's Church of England Primary School, Grantham0.7 miles
Primary · Grantham
-
West Grantham Church of England Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Grantham
-
Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Grantham
Other schools in Grantham
Huntingtower Community Primary Academy ranks 17th of the 28 ranked primary schools in Grantham.
- 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
- Caythorpe Primary School Primary
- Cliffedale Primary School Primary
- Colsterworth Church of England Primary School Primary
- Corby Glen Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Huntingtower Community Primary Academy teach?
- Huntingtower Community Primary Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Grantham.
- Who is the headteacher of Huntingtower Community Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Huntingtower Community Primary Academy is Emma Harkins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Huntingtower Community Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Huntingtower Community Primary 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 Huntingtower Community Primary Academy?
- Huntingtower Community Primary Academy has 417 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Huntingtower Community Primary Academy full?
- Huntingtower Community Primary Academy has capacity for 420 pupils and 417 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Huntingtower Community Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Huntingtower Community Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Huntingtower Community Primary Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Huntingtower Community Primary Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Huntingtower Community Primary Academy?
- Huntingtower Community Primary Academy is part of THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Huntingtower Community Primary 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 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Huntingtower Community Primary Academy rank locally?
- Huntingtower Community Primary Academy ranked 168th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Huntingtower Community Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Huntingtower Community Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Huntingtower Community Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Huntingtower Community Primary 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.