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Buckminster Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
School Lane, Buckminster, Grantham NG33 5RZ · buckminster.leics.sch.uk · 01476 860315
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Key stage 2, 2018/19
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 41
- 39% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.1%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 6 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 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2018/19, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 24% the higher standard.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| n/a | 62% | ||
| n/a | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| n/a | 106 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 119910)
Ofsted
Buckminster Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 24 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 24 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119910)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jan 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 119910), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2023Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119910)
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119910)
Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119910)
Apr 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119910)