Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy
Middlefield Lane, Gainsborough, DN21 1PU
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- INSPIRE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Mrs Claire Ellis
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 127
- Pupils on roll
- 132
- URN
- 142168
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01427615498
About this school
Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy is a special academy in Gainsborough. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 132 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong 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 | 18 | 15 | 15 |
| 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 | 6% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 11% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 96.0 | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 92.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -6.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.10 | - | - |
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 Warren Wood - A Specialist 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 115 |
| 2023/24 | 117 |
| 2024/25 | 118 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report12 May 2026
- 16 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.41%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 9.45%
- Persistent absence
- 26.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Handel House Preparatory School0.5 miles
Independent schools · Gainsborough
-
Aegir - A Specialist Academy0.6 miles
Academies · Gainsborough
-
Castles Education0.7 miles
Independent schools · Gainsborough
-
Illuminate You1.3 miles
Special schools · Morton
-
Bright Fields School5.8 miles
Special schools · Retford
Other schools in Gainsborough
- Aegir - A Specialist Academy Academies
- The Gainsborough Nursery School Nursery
- 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
Common questions
- What ages does Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy teach?
- Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a special school in Gainsborough.
- Who is the executive principal of Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy?
- The executive principal of Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy is Mrs Claire Ellis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Warren Wood - A Specialist 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 Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy?
- Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy has 132 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy full?
- Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy has capacity for 127 pupils and 132 on roll (104%), so it is at or above 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 Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy a faith school?
- No. Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy part of an academy trust?
- Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy is part of INSPIRE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy have?
- The schools register lists Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Warren Wood - A Specialist 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 Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy's absence rate?
- Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Warren Wood - A Specialist 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 13 August 2026.