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The Richmond Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Richmond Drive, David Ross Education Trust, Skegness PE25 3SH · richmondprimary.co.uk · 01754 766639
On the mapSearch near PE25 3SH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2021
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 50%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lincolnshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 374
- 89% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 33.4%
- First language not English
- 10.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 43 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 | 43 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 43 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 38 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▼50% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120494)
Ofsted
The Richmond Primary Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 14 September 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 14 Sept 2021
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120494)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120494), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120494)
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120494)