Ambergate Sports College
Dysart Road, Grantham, NG31 7LP
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Newton Bridge Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Bloodworth-Flatt
- Religious ethos
- None
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Grantham and Stamford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 175
- URN
- 141253
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
About this school
Ambergate Sports College was a special academy in Grantham. It taught children aged 4 to 16 and had 175 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Ambergate Sports College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2014, 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 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 8% |
| Expected standard in maths | 8% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 94.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -8.40 |
| Writing progress | -9.80 |
| Maths progress | -5.20 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 17 |
| Attainment 8 score | 7.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.14 -1.83 to -0.44 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 12% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.6 |
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.4%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.1%
- Persistent absence
- 31.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grantham Preparatory International School1.4 miles
Independent schools · Grantham
-
Newton Bridge Academy1.5 miles
Academies · Grantham
-
Greenfields Academy1.5 miles
Academies · Grantham
-
Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham1.8 miles
Free Schools · Grantham
-
Esland Grantham School2.7 miles
Special schools · Grantham
Other schools in Grantham
- Esland Grantham School Special schools
- Greenfields Academy Academies
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Ambergate Sports College teach?
- Ambergate Sports College taught children aged 4 to 16. It was a special school in Grantham.
- Has Ambergate Sports College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Ambergate Sports College 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 Ambergate Sports College?
- Ambergate Sports College had 175 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- What are Ambergate Sports College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ambergate Sports College'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 2 January 2024.