Great Ponton Church of England School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Grantham, Lincolnshire·NG33 5DT
Composite score
21.4
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#14,314
National rank
#1366
In East Midlands
#239
In Lincolnshire
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
33%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
1 first choices, 1 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
7
any preference, for 1 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9020231.0020241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Great Ponton Church of England School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
46
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
27.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£13,199
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Great Ponton Church of England School

Great Ponton Church of England School is a primary school in Grantham, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 46 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Great Ponton Church of England School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 1 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 12.6 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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