Kirton Lindsey Primary Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Gainsborough · DN21 4EH · North Lincolnshire
Ages 5–11
- FSM17.2%
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: InadequateURN 150867
Kirton Academy
Academy converter · Gainsborough · DN21 4NN
Ages 11–16 · 406 pupils · North Lincolnshire
Ofsted
Inadequate
Overall absence
13.4%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Inadequate
Inspection date
2022-04-26
Category of concern
SWK
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence13.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)40.9%
Unauthorised6.2%
- Authorised absence
- 7.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 8.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 457
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill47%
406 pupils · 870 places
- Pupils on roll
- 406
- Boys / girls
- 216 / 190
- School capacity
- 870
- Capacity fill
- 406 / 870 (47%)
- Free school meals
- 47%
- FSM pupils
- 191
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- LINCOLNSHIRE GATEWAY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Ricketts
Location
- Address
- Redbourne Mere
- Postcode
- DN21 4NN
- Town
- Gainsborough
- County
- North Lincolnshire
- Local authority
- North Lincolnshire
- District
- North Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Scunthorpe
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire, 406 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 47%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Ricketts
- Telephone
- 01652648276