Benjamin Adlard Primary School

Benjamin Adlard Primary School demonstrates strong overall performance with notable achievements in several areas, particularly in safeguarding, attendance, behavior, and inclusion. The school has successfully created an environment that prioritizes the safety and wellbeing of its pupils, ensuring that all feel welcomed and valued. Leaders are keenly aware of the challenges faced by the predominantly disadvantaged student body, and their strategic approach has fostered impressive attendance rates and positive learning experiences across the curriculum. The school excels in its commitment to inclusivity, providing tailored support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, which has resulted in meaningful progress for all students.

Strengths

• Strong culture of safeguarding
• High attendance rates, especially among disadvantaged pupils
• Effective behavior management strategies
• Broad and balanced curriculum tailored to pupils' needs
• Expertise of teachers and staff
• Excellent early years provision
• Strong emphasis on inclusion and support for SEND
• Positive relationships with families and the community
• Rich opportunities for personal development and extracurricular activities

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 Benjamin Adlard Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.7% 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 Benjamin Adlard 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 Benjamin Adlard Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.5% 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, 23.9% of pupils at Benjamin Adlard Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.4% 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 2024–25 Benjamin Adlard Primary School received £9,436 and spent £9,506 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £64,000 (£282 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Anthem Schools Trust, income was £8,162 and spending £8,134 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Gainsborough · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Benjamin Adlard Primary School is part of Anthem Schools Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Mount Street Academy Lincoln
• Lincoln Carlton Academy Lincoln
• Boston West Academy Boston
• Grampian Primary Academy Derby
• The Deepings School Peterborough
• Queensbury Academy Dunstable
• Oxford Spires Academy Oxford
• Abbey Woods Academy Wallingford
• Gladstone Park Primary School London
• Abacus Belsize Primary School London

What is Benjamin Adlard Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Benjamin Adlard Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Benjamin Adlard Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Benjamin Adlard Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Benjamin Adlard Primary School have?

Benjamin Adlard Primary School has 234 pupils on roll.

What age range does Benjamin Adlard Primary School cover?

Benjamin Adlard Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Benjamin Adlard Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Benjamin Adlard Primary School?

Benjamin Adlard Primary School is at Sandsfield Lane, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1DB.