Ingoldsby Academy

Ingoldsby Academy maintains a solid reputation as a good school, demonstrating a commitment to inclusivity and a positive environment for both students and staff. With high expectations set by school leaders, all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), are engaged in a broad curriculum that fosters personal and academic growth. Parents express confidence in recommending the school, highlighting the emphasis on empowering students to realize their potential. Furthermore, strong community relationships enhance the school's support structure. However, the school faces challenges in the delivery of its mathematics curriculum, which can be inconsistent, and older students sometimes struggle to retain knowledge from previous lessons. Teachers are encouraged to deliver lessons with clarity and adapt their approaches to address student misconceptions effectively. Despite these areas needing improvement, the school is taking steps to implement its newly adapted curriculum, which is still in its early stages of integration.

Strengths

• Inclusive and welcoming environment.
• High expectations from leaders for all pupils.
• Positive behavior and role modeling among pupils.
• Rich offering of extra-curricular activities that develop talents.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND.
• Effective safeguarding measures.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the mathematics curriculum.
• Some older pupils struggle to recall prior learning.

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 Ingoldsby Academy attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.1% 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 Ingoldsby Academy 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 Ingoldsby Academy had 13.6 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, 29.4% of pupils at Ingoldsby Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Ingoldsby Academy received £8,514 and spent £8,445 for each of its 72 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £38,000 (£524 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of The David Ross Education Trust, income was £8,189 and spending £8,020 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

Ingoldsby Academy is part of The David Ross Education Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Charles Read Academy Grantham
• Thomas Middlecott Academy Boston
• The Barnes Wallis Academy Lincoln
• Bringhurst Primary School Market Harborough
• Rockingham Primary School Corby
• Lodge Park Academy Corby
• Charnwood College Loughborough
• Booth Wood Academy Loughborough
• The Eresby School, Spilsby Spilsby
• King Edward VI Academy Spilsby

What is Ingoldsby Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ingoldsby Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Ingoldsby Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Ingoldsby Academy was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Ingoldsby Academy have?

Ingoldsby Academy has 68 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ingoldsby Academy cover?

Ingoldsby Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Ingoldsby Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ingoldsby Academy?

Ingoldsby Academy is at Lenton Road, Ingoldsby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 4HA.