Waddington Redwood Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Lincolnshire·LN5 9BN
Composite score
29.2
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#13,479
National rank
#1262
In East Midlands
#218
In Lincolnshire
Top 91%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
45%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 38 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
93
any preference, for 38 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.0020231.0020240.9420251.002026

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

Every child who put Waddington Redwood Primary Academy 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
293
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,106
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Waddington Redwood Primary Academy is a primary school serving Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 293 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. 45% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Waddington Redwood Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 38 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 21.5 pupils per teacher. Waddington Redwood Primary Academy 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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