Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Gainsborough · DN21 5EP
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 3 July 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
185 pupils · 88% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 37.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 7.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4% of pupils
- URN
- 120625
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place26 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 2 July 2024: School remains Good
- 4 June 2019: Good
- 18 October 2017: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 9 February 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough
- Benjamin Adlard Primary School
- The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy
- Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School
- White's Wood Academy
- Aegir - A Specialist Academy
- The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School