Academy sponsor led · Primary
Grantham · NG33 5RZ · Leicestershire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 119910
Buckminster Primary School
Community school · Grantham · NG33 5RZ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
51
Local authority
Leicestershire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Grantham, Leicestershire, 51 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 17.6%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Closed
- URN
- 119910
Location
- Address
- School Lane
- Postcode
- NG33 5RZ
- Town
- Grantham
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Rural village
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 18 Jan 2024.
- Pupils on roll
- 51
- Boys / girls
- 31 / 20
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 51 / 105 (49%)
- Free school meals
- 17.6%
- FSM pupils
- 9
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julia Orridge
Official links
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 47%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
3.7%
Persistent absence
6.5%
Unauthorised
0.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 46
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 4.9% · Persistent 12.7%
- 2021/22
- Overall 4.7% · Persistent 13.9%