Cottesmore Academy
Greetham, LE15 7BA · Rutland local authority
Greetham’s School Grade C better than 33% of towns in England
What stands out about Cottesmore Academy
- Its own letter, C−: Key Stage 2 results better than 24% of England’s primary schools
- 53% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9 points below England’s schools
- Room to spare: 126 pupils for 360 places
- 4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, May 2022 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (18 of 18)
- Homes in its postcode sector (LE15 7) sold for a median £315,000; Greetham’s is £367,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 53%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 24% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Rutland avg 66%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 100, maths 101 (100 = the expected standard)
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.
How hard is it to get a place at Cottesmore Academy?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2023 (3). 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 Rutland Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Rutland council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Greetham and Rutland, side by side
2023–2025All 17 graded primaries in Rutland. 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. Greetham’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketton Church of England Primary School | A+ | 5% | 84% |
| Whissendine Church of England Primary School | A | 7% | 81% |
| Leighfield Primary School | A | 10% | 78% |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary Academy | A | 16% | 76% |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary School | A− | 7% | 73% |
| Exton and Greetham CofE Primary School | A− | 15% | 71% |
| Brooke Hill Academy | B+ | 15% | 68% |
| Empingham Church of England Primary School | B | 9% | 67% |
| Ryhall CofE Academy | B | 12% | 66% |
| Uppingham Church of England Primary School | B | 37% | 65% |
| Oakham CofE Primary School | B− | 18% | 64% |
| Langham CofE (Controlled) Primary School | B− | 10% | 63% |
| Great Casterton Church of England Primary School | B− | 12% | 62% |
| Catmose Primary | C+ | 7% | 60% |
| St Mary and St John CofE VA Primary School | C | 8% | 57% |
| Cottesmore Academy | C− | 4% | 53% |
| Edith Weston Academy | D− | 19% | 33% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025135 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.
Girls and boys
Cottesmore Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
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.
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 inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, May 2022.
Living near Cottesmore Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in LE15 7, the school’s postcode sector
Greetham property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in LE15 7 sell for a little under Greetham’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
1 state schoolLocation
Directions ↗Greetham, LE15 7BA
Cottesmore Academy: common questions
Is Cottesmore Academy a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 24% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C−), with 53% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, May 2022.
How hard is it to get into Cottesmore Academy?
For September 2026, 18 families put Cottesmore Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 18 places were offered in all.
What is Cottesmore Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2022).
How much do houses cost near Cottesmore Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, LE15 7, sold for a median £315,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (404 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; Greetham’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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