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Bowmandale Primary School

Primary · Barton-upon-Humber · DN18 5EE

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 October 2024

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At a glance

345 pupils · 99% of 350 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.bowmandale.n-lincs.sch.uk
URN
117812

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 63 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.05 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2024 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 29 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.05 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 63 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2024 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2024 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

50 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers58.5%
North Lincolnshire average64.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
River Primary SchoolDover · 189 miles awayGood62%
Kingmoor Junior SchoolCarlisle · 132 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Brook House JuniorSheffield · 43 miles awayGood48%
Hookstone Chase Primary SchoolHarrogate · 48 miles awayNo current grade42%
Bosvigo SchoolTruro · 307 miles awayGood47%
Bursledon Junior School(CA)Southampton · 196 miles awayGood57%
Warboys Primary AcademyHuntingdon · 89 miles awayRequires improvement48%
Georgian Gardens Community Primary SchoolLittlehampton · 198 miles awayGood56%
Saltburn Primary SchoolSaltburn-by-the-Sea · 66 miles awayGood67%
Marus Bridge Primary SchoolWigan · 91 miles awayNo current grade79%
Kents Hill Junior SchoolBenfleet · 152 miles awayGood77%
Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary SchoolHarrogate · 50 miles awayGood72%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 89% (North Lincolnshire 77%, England 60%) · Not recorded 4% (North Lincolnshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (North Lincolnshire 8%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Lincolnshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (North Lincolnshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (North Lincolnshire 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Lincolnshire: 2.08 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

45% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,704; 10.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,057
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £141,388; in-year balance +£52,272

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86%62.3%
Social housing3.1%17.1%
Privately rented11%20.5%
Detached houses71.4%22.9%
Flats2.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013257 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£191,000240 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£149,500–£265,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (112)£265,000
Semi-detached (68)£173,500
Terraced (49)£142,000
Flat (11)£94,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
0an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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