Ancaster CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Grantham, Lincolnshire
Ancaster CofE Primary School is a primary school in Grantham, Lincolnshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2022.
Key facts
- Address
- Mercia Drive, Ancaster, Grantham, NG32 3QQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Lincolnshire
- Pupils on roll
- 186 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2022
Strengths
- “Ancaster CofE Primary School is thriving.”
- “One pupil said: ‘Every day, when I arrive at school, I always get such a big smile and it’s lovely.”
- “Pupils say that they feel safe.”
To improve
- “They have rightly identified that curriculum thinking is not quite as coherent in some subjects as it is in others.”
- “Leaders have rightly identified that some of the content pupils learn would work even better in a different sequence.”
- “In other subjects, where leaders have not identified precisely the key content that pupils need to learn, approaches to assessment do not identify gaps in pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 62% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 offers to first-preference applicants.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lincolnshire.
- Rauceby Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good
- Barkston and Syston CofE Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good
- Caythorpe Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged
- Cranwell Primary School (Foundation) 4.1 mi Good
- St Botolph's C of E Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 4.9 mi Good
- The Leasingham St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 5.2 mi School remains Good
- Church Lane Primary School & Nursery 5.3 mi Not judged