Best Primary Schools in Gainsborough

We checked all 19 primary schools in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and list every one: 16 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
19
Ranked
16
Without a rank
3

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Gainsborough. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Gainsborough also has 4 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire also has rankings for Lincoln, Spalding, Grantham, Boston, Sleaford and all of Lincolnshire.

Ranked primary schools in Gainsborough

  1. 1

    The Marton Academy

    Academy, 100 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Strong standard
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    11%

  2. 2

    Morton Trentside Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 178 pupils, inspected April 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    7%

  3. 3

    Benjamin Adlard Primary School

    Academy, 234 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    11%

  4. 4

    Waddingham Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 57 pupils, inspected March 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    11%

  5. 5

    Willoughton Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 42 pupils, inspected September 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    0%

  6. 6

    Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 185 pupils, inspected June 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    54%
    Higher standard
    4%

  7. 7

    Scotter Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 247 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    2%

  8. 8

    Blyton Cum Laughton Church of England School

    Local authority maintained, 122 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    6%

  9. 9

    Corringham CofE VC Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 98 pupils, inspected February 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    0%

  10. 10

    Castle Wood Academy

    Academy, 272 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    5%

  11. 11

    The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School

    Academy, 255 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    49%
    Higher standard
    0%

  12. 12

    Hemswell Cliff Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 36 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    17%
    Higher standard
    0%

  13. 12

    The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 189 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    3%

  14. 14

    St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough

    Local authority maintained, 189 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    0%

  15. 15

    Mercer's Wood Academy

    Academy, 157 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    29%
    Higher standard
    0%

  16. 16

    White's Wood Academy

    Academy, 195 pupils, inspected July 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    30%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Gainsborough without a rank