Primary school

Waddingham Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 2–11
  • Mixed
  • Lincolnshire
  • DN21 4SX
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2012

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 10,484 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 70%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 26%26%2016/17: top 77%2017/18: top 21%2018/19: top 4%4% · 2018/192022/23: top 87%2023/24: top 100%2024/25: top 70%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM56% · East Midlands 63%Small cohort: 9 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM11% · East Midlands 6%Small cohort: 9 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score104 · East Midlands 105Small cohort: 9 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score105 · East Midlands 104Small cohort: 9 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 67% · 6 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 50% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 79% · 14 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 91% · 11 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 43% · 7 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 19% · 21 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 56% · 9 pupils · East Midlands 63%91%19%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 6 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 10% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 7% · 14 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 18% · 11 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 0% · 7 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 0% · 21 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 11% · 9 pupils · East Midlands 6%18%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 6 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 104 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 109 · 14 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 108 · 11 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 104 · 7 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 99 · 21 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 104 · 9 pupils · East Midlands 10510999No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 105 · 6 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 103 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 106 · 14 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 108 · 11 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 101 · 7 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 99 · 21 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 105 · 9 pupils · East Midlands 10410899No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
8 of 8 who put it first2014 · 93.8%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st88
2nd50
3rd00

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2009–2022

  1. 2009Satisfactory
  2. 2012Good
  3. 2017Ungraded visit
  4. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 202657
Free school meals (past 6 years)19.2%
First language not English0.0%
SEN support11.0%
EHC plan4.1%
Absence (sessions missed)6.5%
Persistently absent pupils15.3%

Girls 53.4%Boys 46.6%

54.3% full · 105 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher11.2
Pupils per adult7.2
  • Classroom teachers 4.1
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 2.9
  • Other support 1.4

Teachers 5.1 FTE · Whole workforce 9.4 · 15 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£13,634
Spend per pupil£12,434
Staff spend per pupil£9,925
Reserve per pupil£1,873
  • +£106,761revenue reserve
  • +£68,431in-year balance

Grants £12,388 · self-generated £1,246 · premises £690 per pupil