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The Harrowby Church of England Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11AcademyChurch of England

Grantham, NG31 9LJ · Lincolnshire local authority

Grantham’s School Grade B− better than 49% of towns in England

Getting in
9/9
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
67 pupils
37% of its 180 places
Free school meals
64%
64 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Harrowby Church of England Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 67 pupils for 180 places
  • 64% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, December 2025: achievement needs attention, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (9 of 9)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NG31 9) sold for a median £214,500; Grantham’s is £205,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at The Harrowby Church of England Primary School?

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

9
families put it first for September 2026
9
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. Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Lincolnshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Grantham, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.50 per place
67% got their first choice
1.03 per place
97% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
The Harrowby CofE Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.97 per place
97% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

52 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
9.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
26.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
68.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 58%Boys 42%
Its letter

No letter for The Harrowby Church of England Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

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

Report card, inspection starting December 2025.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Requires improvement, May 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Harrowby Church of England Primary School

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

Home prices in NG31 9, the school’s postcode sector

Grantham property prices →
£214,500
median sale, 480 sales in 36 months · Grantham £205,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025NG31 9Grantham
NG31 9Grantham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£285K
Semi-detached
£195K
Terraced
£170K
Flat
£120K
NG31 9Grantham

Homes in NG31 9 sell for a little over Grantham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

13 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−B−D−B−B−C−A+D−A+C−CB−The Harrowby Church of Engl…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Grantham, NG31 9LJ

The Harrowby Church of England Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into The Harrowby Church of England Primary School?

For September 2026, 9 families put The Harrowby Church of England Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 9 places were offered in all.

What is The Harrowby Church of England Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (December 2025) gave a report card: achievement needs attention, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near The Harrowby Church of England Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NG31 9, sold for a median £214,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (480 sales).

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; Grantham’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.