Community school · Primary
Crewe · CW2 8AD · Cheshire East
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 150726
Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy
Academy converter · Crewe · CW2 7NH
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
417
Local authority
Cheshire East
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Crewe, Cheshire East, 417 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 28.3%.
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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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 150726
Location
- Address
- Belgrave Road
- Postcode
- CW2 7NH
- Town
- Crewe
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- District
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
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: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 417
- Boys / girls
- 214 / 203
- School capacity
- 450
- Capacity fill
- 417 / 450 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 28.3%
- FSM pupils
- 113
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ALEXANDRA ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ALEXANDRA ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Justine Nurse
- Telephone
- 01270696810
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-05-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes