Huntingtower Community Primary Academy

Huntingtower Community Primary Academy is performing well overall, demonstrating a strong standard of education with effective leadership and a robust safeguarding culture. The school has created a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and valued, and staff maintain high expectations for attendance and behavior. Despite some positive advancements, particularly in reading and mathematics, there remain inconsistencies in writing achievement, highlighting areas that need attention. The school benefits from a supportive trust and has clear systems in place for identifying and addressing the needs of pupils, particularly those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Exceptional safeguarding standards that ensure pupils feel safe and cared for.
• Strong behavior management creating a calm and respectful learning environment.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• High-quality relationships between staff and pupils fostering a positive school climate.
• Commitment to the professional development of staff and monitoring of pupil progress.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent achievement in writing by the end of key stage 2.
• Some teachers do not effectively address misconceptions in pupils' writing.
• Need for deeper understanding of different cultures and faiths among pupils.

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 Huntingtower Community Primary Academy attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.3% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Huntingtower Community Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Huntingtower Community Primary Academy had 23.6 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, 16.5% of pupils at Huntingtower Community Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Huntingtower Community Primary Academy received £7,439 and spent £7,822 for each of its 417 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £450,000 (£1,079 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of The Priory Federation of Academies, income was £8,686 and spending £8,648 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 Grantham · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Huntingtower Community Primary Academy is part of The Priory Federation of Academies, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• The Priory Ruskin Academy Grantham
• The Priory Belvoir Academy Nottingham
• Willoughby Academy Bourne
• Waddington Redwood Primary Academy Lincoln
• Ling Moor Primary Academy Lincoln
• Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary Academy Lincoln
• The Priory Witham Academy Lincoln
• Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School Lincoln
• The Priory Academy LSST Lincoln
• The Priory City of Lincoln Academy Lincoln

What is Huntingtower Community Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Huntingtower Community Primary Academy is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Huntingtower Community Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Huntingtower Community Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Huntingtower Community Primary Academy have?

Huntingtower Community Primary Academy has 417 pupils on roll.

What age range does Huntingtower Community Primary Academy cover?

Huntingtower Community Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Huntingtower Community Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Huntingtower Community Primary Academy?

Huntingtower Community Primary Academy is at Huntingtower Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7AU.