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Billingborough Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Tom Thorpe

location_onSleaford, NG34 0NX

language Visit Website phone 1529240437

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2019

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Students

134

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Expected Standard

63%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Billingborough Primary School is a Community school primary school in Sleaford, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 50% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Billingborough Primary School is a community school in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 134 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 4% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #43 of 259 primaries in Lincolnshire and #3,677 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 17.8:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 67.6%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 4.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

63%

LA 57%

Reading63% LA 70%

Writing67% LA 69%

Maths67% LA 68%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

64%

LA 55%England 61%

Reading71% LA 69% · Eng 74%

Writing79% LA 67% · Eng 72%

Maths64% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

22%

LA 54%England 60%

Reading50% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing67% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths28% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.5

Read

LA -0.3

-4.4 to 1.4

0.9

Write

LA -0.3

-1.9 to 3.7

-3.3

Maths

LA -0.7

-6.0 to -0.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 59%England 65%

Reading76% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing68% LA 75% · Eng 78%

Maths80% LA 73% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.6

Read

LA -0.7

-3.1 to 1.9

-0.9

Write

LA -0.4

-3.2 to 1.4

-2.9

Maths

LA -1.0

-5.0 to -0.7

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

76%

LA 58%

Reading82% LA 71%

Writing88% LA 74%

Maths82% LA 70%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.1

Read

LA -0.8

-2.9 to 2.7

-0.7

Write

LA -0.5

-3.4 to 2

-4.2

Maths

LA -1.2

-6.8 to -1.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 October 2024

Inspection Report

20 March 2019

Inspection Report

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26 June 2012

Inspection Report

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05 November 2008

Inspection Report

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30 January 2006

Inspection Report

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08 November 1999

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2019-03-20

Exempt School Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2012-06-26

None Legacy

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.7%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.9%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 117 pupils. During this period, there were 2 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.7%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	117	2	1.7%	0.8%	1
2023/24 (Spring term)	121	8	6.6%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	118	6	5.1%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	129	4	3.1%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	134	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	127	4	3.1%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	130	4	3.1%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	128	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	128	3	2.3%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	142	2	1.4%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	140	1	0.7%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	140	3	2.1%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	137	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	137	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	134	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	142	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	140	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	139	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	129	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	145	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	134	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	134	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	131	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	129	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Billingborough Primary School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Funding & Staffing

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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