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Osbournby Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 61 pupils Sleaford
Ofsted: Requires Improvement
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Osbournby Primary School is an academy converter in Sleaford for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 61 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Osbournby Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2023 of its predecessor, Osbournby Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address London Road
Osbournby
Open
Sleaford
Lincolnshire
NG34 0DG
Reference Number 151275

General Makeup

Number of pupils 61
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 62.3%
Girls: 37.7%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 21.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 4 5 9
2 8 3 11
3 8 1 9
4 4 4 8
5 4 3 7
6 6 5 11

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.8%
Unclassified 4.9%
White, Other 3.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Osbournby Primary School, inspected in July 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 2 1
Third Preference 3 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Osbournby Primary School had 60 pupils for 105 places. 45 places (42.9%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Billingborough Primary” planning area

Lincolnshire counted 28 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 37 in 2029–30, up 32%.

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 2025–26 Osbournby Primary School had 12.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 6.7
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 14.8% of pupils at Osbournby Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 4 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Social, emotional and mental health 1 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 1
Speech, language and communication needs 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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.

Name Distance
Brown's Church of England Primary School
Sandygate Lane, Horbling, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 0PL
3.76 miles
Billingborough Primary School
Victoria Street, Billingborough, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 0NX
3.78 miles
Helpringham Primary Academy
Highgate, Helpringham, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 0RD
4.42 miles
St Botolph's C of E Primary School
Rookery Avenue, Lincolnshire, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7FE
4.45 miles
The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, Pointon
West Road, Pointon, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 0NA
4.77 miles
Church Lane Primary School & Nursery
Church Lane, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7DF
4.86 miles
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
The Drove, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7AT
4.9 miles
William Alvey School
Eastgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7EA
4.91 miles
Name Distance
Compass Community School Lincolnshire
Thornbrook, 1 London Road, Osbournby, Lincolnshire, NG34 0DG
0.15 miles
Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy
Jermyn Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7RS
4.55 miles
Willow School
25 Jermyn Street, North Kesteven, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7RU
4.59 miles
Holton Sleaford Independent School
Westgate House, Westgate, Sleaford, NG34 7RJ
4.72 miles
Sleaford Joint Sixth Form
Westholme House, Sleaford, NG34 7PS
4.74 miles
St George's Academy
Westgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7PP
4.84 miles
Carre's Grammar School
Northgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7DD
4.96 miles

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Osbournby Primary School is part of Community Inclusive Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

What is Osbournby Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Osbournby Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2023 of its predecessor, Osbournby Primary School.

When was Osbournby Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Osbournby Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Osbournby Primary School have?

Osbournby Primary School has 61 pupils on roll.

What age range does Osbournby Primary School cover?

Osbournby Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Osbournby Primary School?

Osbournby Primary School is at London Road, Osbournby, Open, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 0DG.

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