Waddingham Primary School
Community school · Gainsborough · DN21 4SX
Ages 2–11 · 57 pupils · Lincolnshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
43%
Overall absence
4.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-06-28
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 97.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 4.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 79
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
57 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 57
- Boys / girls
- 29 / 28
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 57 / 105 (54%)
- Free school meals
- 8.8%
- FSM pupils
- 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 2–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jenna Richards
Location
- Address
- The Green, Waddingham
- Postcode
- DN21 4SX
- Town
- Gainsborough
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- District
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Urban/rural
- Smaller 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 community school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 57 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 8.8%.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jenna Richards
- Telephone
- 01673818239