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Malcolm Sargent Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Empingham Road, Stamford PE9 2SR · malcolmsargentschool.co.uk · 01780 756056
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lincolnshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 604
- 15 over 589 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 16.6%
- First language not English
- 5.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 69 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 69 | 69 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 88 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 97 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 87 | 87 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 88 | 88 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Lincolnshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Malcolm Sargent Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 29 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Dec 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 10 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 86
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (20%) with SEND