# The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School

The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School is a primary school in West Lindsey, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 189 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E120492. [West Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 189
- Council: West Lindsey
- URN: 120492

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 21 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 57% of pupils at The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Lincolnshire and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Lincolnshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [White's Wood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whites-wood-academy-e139361): 130 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2022. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-gainsborough-hillcrest-early-years-academy-e138330): 220 m. Primary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- [Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/warren-wood-a-specialist-academy-e142168): 490 m. Special. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Aegir - A Specialist Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aegir-a-specialist-academy-e142136): 680 m. Special. School remains Good, May 2024
- [St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-georges-church-of-england-community-primary-school-gainsborough-e131490): 980 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2023. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Gainsborough Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-gainsborough-academy-e145954): 1.1 km. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. Attainment 8 of 33.1 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/120492)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/120492)

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