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The Richmond Primary Academy

PrimaryAges 4–11Academy

Skegness, PE25 3SH · Lincolnshire local authority

Skegness’s School Grade D better than 12% of towns in England

Its letter
18%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
38/38
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
374 pupils
89% of its 420 places
Free school meals
33%
33 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Richmond Primary Academy

  • Its own letter, C−: Key Stage 2 results better than 18% of England’s primary schools
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, September 2021 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (38 of 38)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PE25 3) sold for a median £210,000; Skegness’s is £179,975
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at The Richmond Primary Academy?

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

38
families put it first for September 2026
43
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202420252026
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. The David Ross Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Lincolnshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Skegness, September 2026

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

1.70 per place
59% got their first choice
The Richmond Primary
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice
0.86 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

389 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
12.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
10.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
38.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

The Richmond Primary Academy’s letter

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

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths C−Better than 18% 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.

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, September 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Richmond Primary Academy

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

Home prices in PE25 3, the school’s postcode sector

Skegness property prices →
£210,000
median sale, 200 sales in 36 months · Skegness £179,975

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025PE25 3Skegness
PE25 3Skegness

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£243K
Semi-detached
£175K
Terraced
£140K
Flat
£118K
PE25 3Skegness

Homes in PE25 3 sell for well over Skegness’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

5 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miND−CAB−C−The Richmond Primary Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Skegness, PE25 3SH

The Richmond Primary Academy: common questions

Is The Richmond Primary Academy a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 18% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C−), with 0% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Requires improvement, September 2021.

How hard is it to get into The Richmond Primary Academy?

For September 2026, 38 families put The Richmond Primary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 43 places were offered in all.

What is The Richmond Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (September 2021).

How much do houses cost near The Richmond Primary Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, PE25 3, sold for a median £210,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (200 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; Skegness’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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