Grimoldby Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Louth, Lincolnshire·LN11 8SW
Composite score
59.9
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#3,953
National rank
#278
In East Midlands
#35
In Lincolnshire
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
77%
39 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.30
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
65
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.30
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720221.1020230.9520241.0020251.302026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Grimoldby Primary School yet. Lincolnshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
207
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,680
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Grimoldby Primary School at a glance

Located in Louth, Lincolnshire, Grimoldby Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 207 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 77% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (39 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Grimoldby Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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