Osbournby Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Sleaford, Lincolnshire·NG34 0DG
Composite score
16.2
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#14,613
National rank
#1398
In East Midlands
#246
In Lincolnshire
Top 99%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
25%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
16
any preference, for 12 places

Every child who put Osbournby Primary 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
61
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£4,098
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Osbournby Primary School at a glance

Located in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, Osbournby Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 61 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 25% 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 fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with 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 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Osbournby Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. If you are considering Osbournby Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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