Buckminster Primary School
Primary · Grantham · NG33 5RZ
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 24 October 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
41 pupils · 39% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 21.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 6.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150511
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 24 October 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place6 places offered · 6 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Grantham school admissions · Leicestershire school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
no data
no data
no data
no data
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 98% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
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 · Leicestershire: 2.10 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 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 £45,275; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 37.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 15.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 36.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 53.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 42.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 46.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 2.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 30% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025912 · how to read area figures
Roads around the school
No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 0a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
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
Nearby schools
- Colsterworth Church of England Primary School
- South Witham Academy
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Wymondham
- Cottesmore Academy
- Croxton Kerrial Church of England Primary School
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School
- Great Ponton Church of England School
- Whissendine Church of England Primary School