The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

LincolnshireLocal Authority

GainsboroughConstituency

DN21 1TEPostcode

1.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.

It currently serves 189 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 41%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

95%

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

189

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

51%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 189
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
12 Mar 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Not judged
26 Nov 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.