St George's Church of England Community Primary School, GainsboroughBenjamin Adlard Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough and Benjamin Adlard Primary School are primary schools in Gainsborough.

  • St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough scores 36 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Benjamin Adlard Primary School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average). Benjamin Adlard Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough was judged Good and Benjamin Adlard Primary School was judged strong.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 40.0% for St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough and 52.0% for Benjamin Adlard Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough (36.0% in 2022-23, 40.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Benjamin Adlard Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough versus Benjamin Adlard Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure GainsboroughSt George's Church of England Community Primary School, GainsboroughGainsboroughBenjamin Adlard Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF36/100C59/100Stronger figure
Local ranking232nd of 271 in Lincolnshire 100th of 271 in Lincolnshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: StrongStronger figure
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll184 232
Capacity262 255
LocationGainsborough, DN21 1YN Gainsborough, DN21 1DB
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard40.0% 52.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 11.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score101.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census184 232
Free school meals (ever 6)75.0% 72.5%
English as an additional language15.2% 18.5%
SEN support16.9% 29.7%
SEN with an EHC plan8.7% 7.8%
Attendance
Overall absence7.6% 5.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence26.3% 16.7% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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.

St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough

Benjamin Adlard Primary School

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