St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School

St Wulfram’s National Church of England Primary School has made significant recent improvements after a period of instability, but some of this work is too new to have fully affected pupils’ achievement. The quality of education and behaviour and attitudes still require improvement, while personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision are good. Safeguarding is effective. The school is part of Lincolnshire Anglican Academy Trust and has an interim executive headteacher appointed in March 2025; it also transitioned from a junior to a primary school in September 2023. The school’s strengths include a strong early years start, effective phonics and reading support, good pastoral care and SEND support, and a wide range of enrichment and pupil responsibility opportunities. Pupils feel safe, build warm relationships with staff, and speak respectfully about diversity. Leaders have accurately identified priorities, and governors and the trust provide support and challenge. Key concerns are that the ambitious curriculum is not implemented consistently in some subjects, activities do not always help pupils achieve the intended goals, and misconceptions are not resolved quickly enough. The new behaviour policy is beginning to have a positive effect but is not yet applied consistently, and low-level disruption sometimes hinders learning.

Strengths

• Reading is prioritised, with effective phonics teaching and swift support for pupils who fall behind.
• Children in the early years get off to a flying start through well-structured activities and close checks on understanding.
• Pastoral support is a strength, and pupils with SEND receive effective, tailored support to access the curriculum.
• Pupils feel safe and develop positive, warm relationships with staff.
• The school offers plentiful enrichment opportunities, including clubs, educational visits and community projects.
• Pupils take pride in leadership roles and show respect for difference and diversity.
• Leadership has identified priorities accurately, and staff well-being is considered when changes are made.

Areas for Improvement

• The well-sequenced curriculum is not implemented consistently across some subjects.
• Some learning activities do not help pupils achieve the intended goals of the ambitious curriculum.
• Teachers do not check pupils’ understanding precisely enough, so misconceptions and errors are not resolved swiftly.
• The new behaviour policy has not yet had full impact, and low-level disruption is not managed consistently well.

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 St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.0% 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, 9.0% of pupils at St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 3 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 St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School had 12.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.4% of pupils at St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School received £9,977 and spent £9,515 for each of its 144 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £133,000 (£921 per pupil).

Across all 24 schools of Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust, income was £7,689 and spending £7,482 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.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

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

St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School is part of Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust, which runs 24 schools. The nearest others:

• The Harrowby Church of England Primary School Grantham
• The Edenham Church of England School Bourne
• Brown's Church of England Primary School Sleaford
• The Morton Church of England (Controlled) Primary School Bourne
• Ruskington Chestnut Street Church of England Academy Sleaford
• Stamford St Gilberts Church of England Primary School Stamford
• Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary School Boston
• Branston Church of England Infant Academy Lincoln
• Spalding Parish Church of England Day School Spalding
• The Fourfields Church of England School, Sutterton Boston

What is St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School have?

St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School has 118 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School cover?

St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School?

St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School is at Castlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6SR.