Clough and Risegate Community Primary School

Clough and Risegate Community Primary School is performing well overall, with a 'Good' rating in the latest Ofsted inspection conducted in June 2024. The school showcases significant strengths in behaviour and attitudes, which have been rated as outstanding. Pupils demonstrate pride in their school and engage positively with their learning environment, benefiting from strong pastoral care and a broad curriculum that is ambitious and well-structured in core subjects like mathematics and reading. The positive involvement of parents and the supportive leadership contribute to the school's nurturing atmosphere. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that pupils are consistently challenged to deepen their learning across all subjects. The school has not fully clarified the key knowledge and skills to be taught across the curriculum, which may hinder pupils from attaining their full potential. Despite these concerns, the commitment of the staff to meeting the needs of pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, is commendable, and overall, the school is positioned well for continued success.

Strengths

• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes among pupils
• Strong pastoral care that supports pupil well-being
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with effective core subjects
• Skilled staff in teaching phonics and fostering a love for reading
• High expectations in early years provision, leading to positive starts for children
• Strong community involvement and positive relationships with parents

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent challenges for pupils to deepen learning in some subjects
• Not all subject curriculums clearly identify key knowledge and skills
• Lack of effective summative assessment practices in foundation subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Clough and Risegate Community Primary School attended 96.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Clough and Risegate Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Clough and Risegate Community Primary School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 7.7% of pupils at Clough and Risegate Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Clough and Risegate Community Primary School received £9,459 and spent £8,255 for each of its 91 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £166,000 (£1,830 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Clough and Risegate Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Clough and Risegate Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Clough and Risegate Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Clough and Risegate Community Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Clough and Risegate Community Primary School have?

Clough and Risegate Community Primary School has 91 pupils on roll.

What age range does Clough and Risegate Community Primary School cover?

Clough and Risegate Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Clough and Risegate Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Clough and Risegate Community Primary School?

Clough and Risegate Community Primary School is at Chopdike Drove, Gosberton Clough, Clough & Risegate Community Primary, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 4JP.