The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great GonerbyThe Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England School

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

Summary of the comparison

The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby and The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England School are primary schools in Grantham.

  • The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average). The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby is ahead on our composite score.

  • The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby was judged Good and The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 56.0% for The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby and 60.0% for The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby (67.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England School (50.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby versus The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure GranthamThe St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great GonerbyGranthamThe Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100Stronger figureD52/100
Local ranking92nd of 271 in Lincolnshire Stronger figure153rd of 271 in Lincolnshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll164 63
Capacity175 90
LocationGrantham, NG31 8LB Grantham, NG32 2HQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard56.0% 60.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census164 63
Free school meals (ever 6)25.0% 9.5%
English as an additional language2.4% 0.0%
SEN support15.8% 20.6%
SEN with an EHC plan6.1% 9.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.9% 4.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence9.7% Stronger figure16.4% 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.

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.

The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby

The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England School

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