Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolThe Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Gainsborough.

Summary of the comparison

Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School and The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy are primary schools in Gainsborough.

  • Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School scores 46 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average). The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School was judged Good and The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School (44.0% in 2022-23, 54.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School versus The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure GainsboroughFrances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolGainsboroughThe Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD46/100C63/100Stronger figure
Local ranking196th of 271 in Lincolnshire Stronger figure264th of 271 in Lincolnshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 0-7
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll173 221
Capacity210 180
LocationGainsborough, DN21 5EP Gainsborough, DN21 1SW
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard54.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard4.0% Not reported8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Not reported106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Not reported105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census173 221
Free school meals (ever 6)34.7% 53.4%
English as an additional language4.0% 7.2%
SEN support7.5% 8.6%
SEN with an EHC plan4.0% 4.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.3% Stronger figure7.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence6.3% Stronger figure22.9% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School

The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy

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