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Bassingham Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11Academy

Bassingham, LN5 9HQ · Lincolnshire local authority

Bassingham’s School Grade A+ better than almost every town in England

Directions
Its letter
63%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
22/22
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
167 pupils
78% of its 215 places
Free school meals
14%
14 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Bassingham Primary School

  • Its own letter, B: Key Stage 2 results better than 63% of England’s primary schools
  • 67% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5 points above England’s schools
  • 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, July 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (22 of 22)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (LN5 9) sold for a median £233,750; Bassingham’s is £292,500

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 67%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 63% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Lincolnshire avg 57%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Bassingham Primary 67%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 103, maths 103 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading61%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)86%
England’s schools 73%
Maths64%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling71%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three7%
England’s schools 8% · Lincolnshire 6% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Bassingham Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

22
families put it first for September 2026
23
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Aspire Schools Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Lincolnshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Witham St Hughs
1.02 per place
97% got their first choice
The South Hykeham Community Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Swinderby All Saints CofE Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
The St Michael's CofE Primary School, Thorpe on the Hill
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Brant Broughton CofE and Methodist Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Manor Farm
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Bassingham Primary
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice

Bassingham and Lincolnshire, side by side

2023–2025

All 258 graded primaries in Lincolnshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Bassingham’s schools are coloured by their letter.

5%21%37%53%69%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Bassingham
ABCDElsewhere in LincolnshireBassingham Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Denton CofE SchoolA+11%90%
The Hackthorn Church of England Primary SchoolA+9%85%
The St Margaret's Church of England School, WithernA+36%85%
The Edward Richardson Primary School, TetfordA+15%84%
The Tydd St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolA+23%84%
The Claypole Church of England Primary SchoolA+15%83%
Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary SchoolA+19%83%
Witham St Hughs AcademyA13%82%
The Sibsey Free Primary SchoolA16%81%
Ling Moor Primary AcademyA13%81%
Barrowby Church of England Primary SchoolA11%80%
Wygate Park AcademyA17%80%
Digby the Tedder Primary SchoolA8%79%
The Morton Church of England (Controlled) Primary SchoolA23%79%
The Donington-on-Bain SchoolA13%78%
Grasby All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolA15%78%
Gosberton AcademyA33%78%
Reepham Church of England Primary SchoolA7%77%
Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary AcademyA19%77%
The Leasingham St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolA19%76%
Halton Holegate CofE Primary SchoolA44%76%
St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolA−14%74%
Long Bennington Church of England AcademyA−14%74%
Ingoldmells AcademyA−72%74%
Welton St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyA−18%74%
The Marton AcademyA−10%74%
The St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Thorpe on the HillA−9%73%
Binbrook CofE Primary SchoolA−49%73%
St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolA−14%73%
Kelsey Primary SchoolA−18%72%
Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary AcademyA−27%72%
William Alvey SchoolA−28%72%
Waddington All Saints AcademyA−14%72%
Colsterworth Church of England Primary SchoolA−17%72%
Church Lane Primary School & NurseryA−41%71%
Deeping St James Community Primary SchoolA−18%71%
Sutton St James Community Primary SchoolA−26%71%
Ingham Primary SchoolA−14%71%
Osgodby Primary SchoolA−23%71%
The St Faith and St Martin Church of England Junior School, LincolnA−23%71%
The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolA−33%71%
Grimoldby Primary SchoolA−21%71%
Lift UtterbyA−22%71%
North Scarle Primary SchoolB+19%70%
Morton Trentside Primary SchoolB+31%70%
Digby Church of England SchoolB+37%70%
Dunholme St Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolB+16%70%
Malcolm Sargent Primary SchoolB+17%70%
Wyberton Primary AcademyB+33%70%
Nocton Community Primary SchoolB+41%69%
Kirton Primary SchoolB+35%69%
Swinderby All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolB+30%69%
Bardney Church of England and Methodist Primary SchoolB+33%69%
Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary SchoolB+3%69%
Lift North ThoresbyB+18%69%
Ingoldsby AcademyB+19%69%
Keelby Primary AcademyB+27%69%
Tetney Primary SchoolB+20%68%
Bourne Westfield Primary AcademyB+14%68%
Boston West AcademyB+26%68%
Hogsthorpe Primary AcademyB+41%68%
Lincoln Carlton AcademyB+15%68%
The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary SchoolB37%67%
The Kirkby-on-Bain Church of England Primary SchoolB27%67%
Ruskington Chestnut Street Church of England AcademyB35%67%
Fishtoft AcademyB43%67%
Bassingham Primary SchoolB14%67%
St Helena's Church of England Primary Academy, WilloughbyB20%67%
Pollyplatt Primary AcademyB23%67%
Walcott Primary SchoolB38%66%
Ancaster CofE Primary SchoolB22%66%
Thurlby Community Primary AcademyB25%66%
The Butterwick Pinchbeck's Endowed CofE Primary SchoolB26%65%
Heighington Millfield Primary AcademyB12%65%
Rauceby Church of England Primary SchoolB21%65%
Staniland AcademyB43%65%
Langtoft Primary SchoolB−13%64%
Cliffedale Primary SchoolB−18%64%
Deeping St Nicholas Primary SchoolB−26%64%
The John Harrox Primary School, MoultonB−21%64%
The Middle Rasen Primary SchoolB−15%64%
Newton-on-Trent CofE Primary SchoolB−8%64%
Barkston and Syston CofE Primary SchoolB−15%64%
William Hildyard Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolB−20%64%
Tower Road AcademyB−18%64%
Beacon Primary AcademyB−34%64%
The Edenham Church of England SchoolB−19%64%
The South Hykeham Community Primary SchoolB−15%63%
Belton Lane Community Primary SchoolB−43%63%
Alford Primary SchoolB−45%63%
Wragby Primary SchoolB−28%63%
Navenby Church of England Primary SchoolB−10%63%
Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary SchoolB−23%63%
North Somercotes CofE Primary SchoolB−40%63%
Clough and Risegate Community Primary SchoolB−20%62%
St Anne's Church of England Primary School, GranthamB−26%62%
Branston Junior AcademyB−21%62%
Stamford St Gilberts Church of England Primary SchoolB−15%62%
Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyB−23%62%
Monkshouse Primary AcademyB−18%62%
Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolB−32%62%
Great Steeping Primary SchoolB−31%61%
The Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary SchoolB−25%61%
Corringham CofE VC Primary SchoolB−24%61%
The Market Rasen Church of England Primary SchoolB−33%61%
Saxilby Church of England Primary SchoolB−20%61%
Holton-le-Clay Junior SchoolC+29%60%
Baston CE Primary SchoolC+12%60%
The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary SchoolC+28%60%
The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, PointonC+36%60%
St Botolph's C of E Primary SchoolC+19%60%
The Lincoln Manor Leas Junior SchoolC+26%60%
Manor Farm AcademyC+8%60%
St Thomas CofE Primary AcademyC+28%60%
Friskney All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolC+54%60%
Eagle Community Primary SchoolC+23%59%
The Potterhanworth Church of England Primary SchoolC+9%59%
The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great GonerbyC+24%59%
The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England SchoolC+13%59%
Benjamin Adlard Primary SchoolC+63%59%
St Hugh's Catholic Primary, A Voluntary AcademyC+28%59%
Brown's Church of England Primary SchoolC+37%59%
Linchfield AcademyC+24%59%
Hawthorn Tree SchoolC+35%58%
Normanby Primary SchoolC+14%58%
Weston Hills CofE Primary SchoolC+25%58%
The Spalding St John the Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolC+15%58%
Cranwell Primary School (Foundation)C+11%58%
Cherry Willingham Primary AcademyC+22%58%
Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy BostonC+16%58%
Market Deeping Community Primary SchoolC31%57%
Nettleton Community Primary SchoolC23%57%
Tattershall Primary SchoolC29%57%
The Harlaxton Church of England Primary SchoolC22%57%
Heckington St Andrew's Church of England SchoolC29%57%
The North Hykeham All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolC20%57%
The Ropsley Church of England Primary SchoolC16%57%
Westgate AcademyC37%57%
The Kirkby-la-Thorpe Church of England Primary SchoolC20%57%
Whaplode Church of England Primary SchoolC37%57%
Hartsholme AcademyC45%57%
Spalding Parish Church of England Day SchoolC30%57%
Scampton Church of England Primary SchoolC20%56%
The Meadows Primary SchoolC28%56%
Carlton Road AcademyC42%56%
Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School A Voluntary AcademyC49%56%
Holbeach Primary AcademyC38%56%
The Bluecoat SchoolC49%56%
Horncastle Primary SchoolC40%56%
Fosse Way AcademyC24%55%
Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary AcademyC16%55%
Skegness Junior AcademyC69%55%
St Augustine's Catholic Voluntary AcademyC46%55%
The Isaac Newton Primary SchoolC50%55%
Seathorne Primary AcademyC49%55%
The Pinchbeck East Church of England Primary AcademyC29%55%
Old Leake Primary AcademyC45%55%
South View Community Primary SchoolC22%54%
Lincoln Monks Abbey Primary SchoolC36%54%
Willoughton Primary SchoolC33%54%
Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary SchoolC48%54%
Mrs Mary King's CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolC25%54%
Skellingthorpe the Holt Primary SchoolC−21%53%
The Billinghay Church of England Primary SchoolC−32%53%
The Uffington Church of England Primary SchoolC−12%53%
North Cockerington Church of England Primary SchoolC−23%53%
Washingborough AcademyC−20%53%
Huttoft Primary & Nursery SchoolC−34%53%
Scotter Primary SchoolC−13%52%
Toynton All Saints Primary SchoolC−19%52%
Winchelsea Primary School RuskingtonC−31%52%
The Welbourn Church of England Primary SchoolC−30%52%
Fiskerton Church of England Primary SchoolC−32%52%
Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolC−38%52%
Boston Pioneers Free School AcademyC−41%52%
St Nicholas CE Primary AcademyC−42%52%
Lincoln Birchwood Junior SchoolC−60%51%
Blyton Cum Laughton Church of England SchoolC−37%51%
Kidgate AcademyC−32%51%
Huntingtower Community Primary AcademyC−38%51%
The Metheringham Primary SchoolC−22%50%
Grainthorpe Junior SchoolC−43%50%
The Holbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolC−44%50%
The North Cotes Church of England Primary SchoolC−35%50%
Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary SchoolC−23%50%
South Witham AcademyC−45%50%
Caythorpe Primary SchoolC−23%50%
Lacey Gardens Junior AcademyC−64%50%
Billingborough Primary SchoolC−17%50%
Fleet Wood Lane SchoolC−29%49%
Leslie Manser Primary SchoolC−43%49%
Spilsby Primary SchoolC−41%49%
Tattershall Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolC−26%49%
Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolC−29%49%
Lutton St Nicholas Primary AcademyC−28%49%
Sturton by Stow Primary SchoolC−21%48%
Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary SchoolC−13%48%
The Mareham-le-Fen Church of England Primary SchoolC−26%48%
The Nettleham Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior SchoolC−14%48%
The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist SchoolC−62%48%
Gedney Drove End Primary SchoolD49%47%
The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary SchoolD51%47%
Park AcademyD34%47%
Waddington Redwood Primary AcademyD20%47%
Ermine Primary AcademyD58%47%
The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary SchoolD50%46%
Long Sutton County Primary SchoolD27%46%
Spalding Primary AcademyD20%46%
Helpringham Primary AcademyD36%46%
The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England AcademyD26%46%
Tealby SchoolD15%45%
St Bartholomews CofE Primary SchoolD37%45%
The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary SchoolD38%45%
St Michael's Church of England School, LouthD37%45%
Castle Wood AcademyD35%45%
Wrangle Primary AcademyD43%45%
Shepeau Stow Primary SchoolD31%44%
Great Ponton Church of England SchoolD40%44%
St George's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolD48%44%
St George's Church of England Community Primary School, GainsboroughD72%44%
Mablethorpe Primary AcademyD52%44%
Surfleet Primary SchoolD36%44%
Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolD20%43%
The Priory Witham AcademyD49%43%
Scamblesby Church of England Primary SchoolD41%42%
The Lincoln Bishop King Church of England Primary SchoolD29%42%
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademyD27%42%
Coleby Church of England Primary AcademyD26%42%
Sir Francis Hill Community Primary SchoolD29%41%
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyD49%40%
Theddlethorpe AcademyD47%40%
West Grantham Church of England Primary AcademyD63%40%
Moulton Chapel Primary SchoolD41%39%
Gipsey Bridge AcademyD25%39%
White's Wood AcademyD65%39%
Chapel St Leonards Primary SchoolD53%39%
St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, SpaldingD54%39%
Faldingworth Community Primary SchoolD−35%38%
Legsby Primary SchoolD−35%38%
Bythams Primary SchoolD−35%38%
Stickney Church of England Primary SchoolD−33%38%
Belmont Community Primary SchoolD−43%36%
Leadenham Church of England AcademyD−54%36%
East Wold Church of England Primary SchoolD−17%35%
St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary SchoolD−32%35%
Mercer's Wood AcademyD−76%34%
St Giles AcademyD−59%33%
Sutton-on-Sea Community Primary SchoolD−66%32%
Waddingham Primary SchoolD−9%32%
Weston St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolD−56%32%
Bucknall Primary SchoolD−37%29%
The New Leake Primary SchoolD−50%26%
The Gedney Hill Church of England VC Primary SchoolD−33%23%
Osbournby Primary SchoolD−21%23%
Holbeach Bank Primary AcademyD−48%22%
Hemswell Cliff Primary SchoolD−64%21%
Partney Church of England Aided Primary SchoolD−37%19%
Corby Glen Community Primary SchoolD−32%7%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

166 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
7.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

Bassingham Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths BBetter than 63% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, July 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Bassingham Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in LN5 9, the school’s postcode sector

Bassingham property prices →
£233,750
median sale, 486 sales in 36 months · Bassingham £292,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025LN5 9Bassingham
LN5 9Bassingham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£298K
Semi-detached
£216K
Terraced
£180K
LN5 9Bassingham

Homes in LN5 9 sell for well under Bassingham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Location

Directions ↗

Bassingham, LN5 9HQ

Nearby

Primary schools near Bassingham Primary School

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Witham St Hughs Academy
Primary · ages 4–11 · Academy
A
82% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
411 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 20242 miles away
The South Hykeham Community Primary School
Primary · ages 4–11 · Community
B−
63% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
130 pupilsOfsted: Good 20233 miles away
Swinderby All Saints Church of England Primary School
Primary · ages 4–11 · Voluntary controlled · Church of England
B+
69% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
77 pupilsOfsted: Good 20243 miles away
Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School
Primary · ages 4–11 · Voluntary controlled · Church of England/Methodist
B−
63% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
61 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 20253 miles away
The St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Thorpe on the Hill
Primary · ages 4–11 · Voluntary controlled · Church of England
A−
73% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
187 pupilsOfsted: Good 20234 miles away
Manor Farm Academy
Primary · ages 4–11 · Academy
C+
60% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
213 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 20254 miles away

Bassingham Primary School: common questions

Is Bassingham Primary School a good school?

By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 63% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B), with 67% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, July 2022.

How hard is it to get into Bassingham Primary School?

For September 2026, 22 families put Bassingham Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 23 places were offered in all.

What is Bassingham Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2022).

How much do houses cost near Bassingham Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, LN5 9, sold for a median £233,750 over the 36 months to August 2026 (486 sales).

Official recordDfE register (GIAS) ↗DfE performance tables ↗Ofsted reports ↗School website ↗URN 145437

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bassingham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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